Londonderry: Councillor condemns 'reckless' gun attack on house
A councillor has condemned a gun attack on a house in Londonderry as "reckless". The police said they found "several gunshot strikes to the front door of a house" in the Circular…
David Lusby says he often takes a moment to ask himself: "What would my brother Paul do?" He was a "good guy… a charismatic gentleman", David says. Adding that he "looked up" to him a lot and he trusted his sense of judgement. But David also admits there are times he gets frustrated with Paul, who took his own life in July 2022. And he's also angry, because he believes police ignored Paul's concerns about his friend Katie Simpson and the man who killed her, Jonathan Creswell. Katie, who was 21, died six days after being admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry in 2020. Creswell, her sister's partner, called 999 pretending he found her and the showjumper's death was initially treated as suicide. Paul was also part of the equestrian world and had known both Katie and Creswell for some time. Paul first contacted police on the day following Katie's hospital admission. David says that Paul "knew that Creswell was a killer", and he knew "nothing was being done". He "spent 700 days living with the terror knowing that Creswell was free. Paul knew a killer was on the streets," his brother told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme. "He notified police she was in domestic servi

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David Lusby says he often takes a moment to ask himself: "What would my brother Paul do?" He was a "good guy… a charismatic gentleman", David says. Adding that he "looked up" to him a lot and he trusted his sense of judgement. But David…
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David Lusby says he often takes a moment to ask himself: "What would my brother Paul do?" He was a "good guy… a charismatic gentleman", David says. Adding that he "looked up" to him a lot and he trusted his sense of…
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David Lusby says he often takes a moment to ask himself: "What would my brother Paul do?" He was a "good guy… a charismatic gentleman", David says. Adding that he "looked up" to him a lot and he trusted his sense of judgement. But David…
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