Two men sentenced to 24 years for Malcolm McKeown murder

Gun murder was planned assassination reminiscent of terrorist ambush, court told

Two men have been told how long they must serve in prison before they can be considered for release for the murder of Malcolm McKeown in 2019. The murder of a man in Co Down in 2019 was a “planned assassination reminiscent of a terrorist ambush”, a judge has said. Two men have been told the minimum term they must serve in prison for murdering Malcolm McKeown. Mr McKeown, 54, was shot as he sat in a BMW parked at the back of a service station in …

Two men sentenced to 24 years for Malcolm McKeown murder

Malcolm McKeown, 54, was shot dead at point-blank range at a filling station in Waringstown in August 2019.

Men who carried out ‘cold-blooded execution’ at filling station jailed for at least 24 years

Two men who carried out a “planned assassination” at a Waringstown filling station have been sentenced to at least 24 years in jail. Earlier this year, 31-year-old Jake O’Brien, from Rectory Road in Lurgan and 30-year-old Andrew Thomas Kenneth Martin, from Bridge Street in Banbridge, were found guilty of murdering 54-year-old Malcolm McKeown, 54, who was shot dead in August 2019. They were both handed life sentences Today, O’Brien was told he wi…