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Determined to get justice for Tom: his wife Lorraine, sister Catherine, mother Anna, brother Stephen and son Paul |
Victim’s family ask to see murder investigation files
Six years on, relatives of Tom Breen bid to revive hunt for his killer
THE family of a man knifed to death in Camden Town six years ago are to ask the Crown Prosecution Service to open their files on the unsolved murder case.
The latest move came as the anniversary of Tom Breen’s stabbing in Camden High Street came and went on Sunday.
Stephen Breen, his son, said his family would like to see whether “a case could be advanced” against any of the suspects that have been arrested and released in the process of a murder investigation.
It came as police vowed to take seriously any new leads offered by the public and Mr Breen’s relatives confirmed they would stump up their own money to push reward money beyond the police offer of £20,000 for information.
Stephen Breen said: “We have set aside money for that and we are completely willing to travel and meet anybody that might be able to help us. They don’t have to feel they can speak to the police.”
He added: “We are not giving up on this. We will keep going. We just have to hope that the justice system doesn’t let us down. What we would like is to have a meeting with the Crown Prosecution Service to see whether any case can be advanced at all.”
Prosecutors are understood to have reached the stage of reviewing the case in the past but officials do not believe that a murder charge could be brought against an individual at this stage.
Tom Breen, 50, who had come to London from Northern Ireland for building work, died after he was attacked on the corner of Camden High Street and Hawley Road.
He had been out drinking with friend Brian McGarry, who escaped with a minor injury during the attack but was left traumatised by what he saw.
Detective Inspector Anthony McKeown said: “It has been six years now, but if anybody comes forward with useful information, we will still follow it up.”
The memories of August 10, 2002, are still vivid in the minds of Tom Breen’s relatives. In February, widow Lorraine Breen told of the devastation that followed a fateful call to the family home in Downpatrick in which she was told her husband of 30 years had been killed.
The couple had been childhood sweethearts having met in a Belfast disco, later moving away to escape the Troubles.
Two men were arrested in connection with the murder in 2002 but released without charge. A man from Kentish Town was also arrested in 2005 but again no case was brought to court.
Stephen Breen said: “We have to keep on going, trying to get justice for my father and for Brian McGarry whose life has been badly affected by this.” |
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