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Three to face charges over Hamill death

Robert Hamill - Died after suffering serious head injuries
Robert Hamill - Died after suffering serious head injuries

Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service has said three people are to be charged in connection with the death of Robert Hamill.

The 25-year-old was beaten to death during an incident in Portadown 13 years ago.

The father-of-three suffered serious head injuries after he was attacked by a loyalist mob in Portadown, Co Armagh, in 1997.

He died in hospital 11 days later.

No-one was ever convicted of any changes relating to his death.

A report from the public inquiry held into Mr Hamill's killing recommended that the Public Prosecution Service review its decision not to prosecute an individual.

The inquiry centred around a claim that RUC officers in a Land Rover failed to intervene in the attack.

It heard evidence in person from 174 witnesses and witness statements from a further 37 people.

Today the PPS said the test for prosecution is met for two people for a charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, and one person for committing an act with intent to pervert the course of justice.