Woman recalls trying desperately to save boyfriend who was shot dead in Donegal in 2012

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Andrew Allen died within seconds after a gunman shot three times into the bedroom of the couple's home.

Buncrana Courthouse, Co Donegal Image: Google Maps Buncrana Courthouse, Co Donegal Image: Google Maps THE HEARTBROKEN GIRLFIEND of a man who was shot dead at their Co Donegal home has told how she tried desperately to save his life.

Ms Farrelly told how herself and Mr Allen were tucked up in bed, he was on his Playstation and she was on her phone while also watching television. Ms Farrelly’s statement read “He said “Arlene, I can’t feel my legs”. The blood was pumping out of him. It was coming out of his nose and his mouth. I tried to turn him in the bed but he was too heavy. He slid down,…I rang an ambulance.”He said he could not do CPR but Ms Farrelly tried a number of times but Mr Allen did not respond.Mr McGonagle added that Mr Allen, whom he did not know personally, was turning blue and that his mouth was full of blood.

In her statement, Ms Farrelly revealed how her partner’s name had been on a list of six people sent in an envelope accompanied by a bullet to the Family Centre in Gobnascale in Derry a few weeks earlier.However, she added that his family had been telephoned later to say the threat had been lifted and he was no longer on the list.

The following day, former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy carried out a post mortem on Mr Allen’s remains.He said Mr Allen had been shot three times – in the right shoulder, the right hip and in the abdomen.

 

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