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08/06/2012
Family Of Keith Mills 'Disgusted' By Sentence For Killer
Paul Rice was today sentenced to five years for the manslaughter of his best friend, Keith Mills, in December 2008.
26-year-old Mr Rice said he “just snapped” and attacked Mills after he hit his sister with a belt,
Mills, a 22-year-old father-of-one, died in hospital ten days later.
Keith Mills' parents said afterwards they had not received justice and that they were “disgusted” by the sentence.
Paul Rice has a total of 22 previous convictions in the Republic and in Northern Ireland for assault, damaging property and possession of knives.
He was arrested and admitted what he had done. Upon release, he went to Belfast to his father but was imprisoned there and subsequently returned to Ireland on a European Arrest Warrant.
He expressed remorse for killing Keith Mills and today he was sentenced to seven years in prison with the final two years suspended.
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26-year-old Mr Rice said he “just snapped” and attacked Mills after he hit his sister with a belt,
Mills, a 22-year-old father-of-one, died in hospital ten days later.
Keith Mills' parents said afterwards they had not received justice and that they were “disgusted” by the sentence.
Paul Rice has a total of 22 previous convictions in the Republic and in Northern Ireland for assault, damaging property and possession of knives.
He was arrested and admitted what he had done. Upon release, he went to Belfast to his father but was imprisoned there and subsequently returned to Ireland on a European Arrest Warrant.
He expressed remorse for killing Keith Mills and today he was sentenced to seven years in prison with the final two years suspended.
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