Two jailed for life for Bangor murder

Published Friday, 22 March 2013
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Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of a Bangor man two years ago.

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It took the Downpatrick Crown Court jury of seven men and five women five hours to convict Jamie Alexander Smith, 34, and Peter Greer, 37, of murdering Duncan 'Duggie' Morrison and attempting to murder Stephen Norman Ritchie.

They were both shot by two gunmen armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a 9mm pistol, in the kitchen of a flat in Hazelbrook Avenue in the Co Down seaside town, shortly after lunchtime on 13 May 2011.

Judge David Smyth QC told Greer who gave his address as Sherwood Road, Bangor, and Smith, who gave his as Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, that he would decide later how long they would serve before being considered for release.

At the time of the shootings, Greer had an address in Mountcollyer Avenue in north Belfast, and Smith had a flat in St Anne's Square in the Cathedral Quarter in the city centre.

Although the actual gunmen were never identified, and no motive uncovered, Greer and Smith were captured on CCTV making a "dry run" the day before the fatal shooting in Greer's VW Golf, and also later seen travelling in convoy with a stolen Honda Civic.

On the morning of the shooting they were also seen on surveillance cameras driving to Newtownards.

Smith was later arrested in the VW Golf driving back into Belfast and the key to the Honda was found under the driving seat. Smith claimed that he had just borrowed the Golf, from a friend he knew only as "Pete".

Greer, who handed himself over to police about three weeks after the shooting, said only that he had loaned the car to someone, and that he had nothing to do with the murder.

The stolen Honda, taken in a creeper burglary in west Belfast two months earlier, was used as the gunmen's getaway car, which was abandoned and found burning in the grounds of the Somme Heritage Centre a short time after the double shooting.

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Scouse magic in Newtownabbey wrote (62 days ago):
Norman who do u think u r stick to the job centre instead of tryin to to be a judge
norman.d in bangor wrote (62 days ago):
this is what all who commit murder should get life behind bars without remission we are not hard enough on murder some only do a few years one sentence for all life in prison
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