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Paul Wells jnr’s sentence hearing is told his father threatened if he did not put a bullet in him ‘the IRA would’
Paul Wells snr
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Paul Wells snr, jailed for life for murder of Kenneth O’Brien, may have been ‘enforcer’
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Fifty-year-old claimed he shot friend in self defence and then cut up body with chainsaw
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Paul Wells Snr has admitted shooting Kenneth O’Brien and dismembering his body
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Paul Wells snr pleading not guilty to murder but admits shooting and dismembering
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Laptop found in defendant’s home ‘searched sailings’
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Paul Wells Snr says that if he wanted to kill his friend, he would not have done so in his home
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Paul Wells Snr has admitted shooting Keith O’Brien in 2016 but denies murder
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