§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the names of those people murdered to date in Northern Ireland in 2004, indicating which are considered victims of (a) paramilitary murders; (b) domestic murders; and (c) murders arising from street violence related to alcohol consumption. [HL214]
§ The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)The information requested is set out in the following table which has been provided by the PSNI.
Murders recorded by the PSNI in Northern Ireland from 1 January 2004 to 2 December 2004 Names Date of death Victim type Adrian Thompson 01/01/2004 S. violence/A. consumption Sheila McStay 01/02/2004 Domestic Seamus Maughan 25/02/2004 Domestic Eric Atkinson 03/03/2004 Colin McCarthy 21/03/2004 Andrew Cully 24/03/2004 Paramilitary Megan McAlorum 12/04/2004 Thomas Venus 25/04/2004 S. violence/A. consumption Brig Sharma 27/04/2004 John Cooke 16/05/2004 Richard Caldwell 30/05/2004 S. violence/A. consumption Kevin McAlorum 03/06/2004 Paramilitary Mai Na Qu 03/06/2004 Brian Stewart 18/05/2004 Paramilitary William Trainer 13/06/2004 S. violence/A. consumption Paul Crymble 20/06/2004 Domestic Patrick Keenan 26/06/2004 Christopher Finnegan 15/07/2004 Geraldine Kane 20/07/2004 Domestic Don McMenamin 29/07/2004 George McDowell 29/07/2004 Peter Gamble 08/10/2004 Patrick Devine 13/09/2004 Darren Thompson 01/10/2004 Paramilitary Noel Williamson 13/10/2004 Mary Crilly 31/10/2004 Domestic Cathy Armstrong 12/11/2004 Domestic Robert McNamee 23/11/2004 S. Violence/A. Consumption David Hamilton* 29/11/2004 * Provisionally recorded as murder, awaiting confirmation.