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Article: Clegg to be considered for release in June
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 14, 1995
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The Government yesterday responded to the campaign to free Lee
Clegg, the jailed former private in the Parachute Regiment, by
announcing that it was bringing forward by eight years the
consideration of his case for release on licence.
Clegg is serving a life sentence for the murder of Karen Reilly,
18, shot dead when a stolen car failed to stop at a checkpoint in
West Belfast in 1990. A public and political clamour to secure his
release was raised after the House of Lords turned down his appeal.
The Northern Ireland Office announced that his case would be
considered in June. It said the case of life prisoners was normally
considered after 10 years had been served, but there were
exceptional ...