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Dads killer has ruined our lives

BY REBECCA BLACK
r.black@newsletter.co.uk

Murder victim Jeff Burrows

THE daughter of a Coleraine pensioner who collapsed and died after confronting a burglar has spoken of her familys devastation. Bertie Acheson, 72, who struggled with the thug in the kitchen of his home, had a heart attack. The man then snatched a purse containing 375 belonging to Mr Achesons wife Sheila, 70, who was in her bedroom. She suffers from severe arthritis. The couples daughter Sandra Creelman spoke out yesterday, saying the three days since her father died have been a total and utter living nightmare. Our lives have been ruined. It will never be the same again, never. Not for any of us. She has made a tearful plea for the robber to contact police. Turn to page 4

Bertie Achesons daughter Sandra Creelman and her husband, Keith

Stab death heartbreak

THIS is the Dungannon widower who was found dead with stab wounds at his flat in Brighton on Sunday evening. Jeff Burrows devastated father David told the News Letter yesterday that his sons murder has ripped the heart out of his family. Whoever did this to him has taken a part of me too, he said. Jeff, who was 39, had recently lost his wife Brione to cancer just a day after they got married. He had been a member of the successful Syerla Pipe Band in Tyrone before he moved to England where he worked as a bricklayer. Speaking to a Brighton news website, Mark Rusling, a neighbour of Mr Burrows, described him as a wonderful man. See page 5

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