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16/09/2002
Two jailed over shooting of 11-year-old girl
Two men have been jailed for their involvement in a shooting that left an 11-year-old girl seriously injured.
The men, from Co Londonderry, were sentenced at Belfast Crown Court today for possession of a submachine gun and bullets with intent to endanger life.
John Thomas Hazlett, 31, from Alexander Road in Limavady and Darren John Clarke, 21, from Loughanhill Park in Coleraine were sentenced to seven and five years respectively.
On August 2000, Charlene Daly – then aged 11 years of age – was in the living room of a house in Jefferson Park in Coleraine's Ballysalley estate when the front of the house was racked by gunfire.
As Charlene ran across the room, she was hit in the back with a bullet. She was immediately taken to Coleraine Area Hospital where she was described as ill but stable. Surgeons later said that she was "lucky to be alive".
It is believed that the incident is related to a feud between loyalists in the area.
(GMcG)
The men, from Co Londonderry, were sentenced at Belfast Crown Court today for possession of a submachine gun and bullets with intent to endanger life.
John Thomas Hazlett, 31, from Alexander Road in Limavady and Darren John Clarke, 21, from Loughanhill Park in Coleraine were sentenced to seven and five years respectively.
On August 2000, Charlene Daly – then aged 11 years of age – was in the living room of a house in Jefferson Park in Coleraine's Ballysalley estate when the front of the house was racked by gunfire.
As Charlene ran across the room, she was hit in the back with a bullet. She was immediately taken to Coleraine Area Hospital where she was described as ill but stable. Surgeons later said that she was "lucky to be alive".
It is believed that the incident is related to a feud between loyalists in the area.
(GMcG)
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