Dog that nailed Ulster killer is used in hunt


25 February 2008
Belfast Telegraph
Claire McNeilly


Springer spaniel Eddie, a victim recovery dog, is helping police look for  more remains in the area surrounding the former children's home. Last night, the investigation was focusing on one area of the building,  after Eddie was understood to have indicated that there may be further  victims there.

The crimefighting dog helped police put evil killer Trevor Hamilton behind bars after he found the blood of Attracta Harron (63)  on the 23-year-old murderer's car.  The dog found her body in a  shallow grave in April 2003.

Eddie - who works with South Yorkshire Police with his handler Martin Grime - was also involved in the search for  the body of Arlene Arkinson. The Tyrone teenager vanished after  leaving a disco in Bundoran in August 1994, but her body has never been  found.
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New hunt gets under way for Arlene's body


New hunt gets under way for Arlene's body
13 December 2006
Belfast Telegraph


A new search was today under way in Co Tyrone for the body of missing Castlederg teenager Arlene Arkinson - as Crown lawyers prepared to unveil a report into how they handled the prosecution of a sex beast acquitted of her murder.

Robert Lesarian Howard (61) - guilty of a 40-year litany of sex crimes,- was with the 15-year-old girl when she was last seen. He was acquitted of her murder at his trial in 2005.

A report was due to be released later today by the Public Prosecution Service.

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New hunt to find Arlene's remains


New hunt to find Arlene's remains
12 December 2006
Belfast Telegraph


The news comes as it emerged that the findings of an inquiry into the controversial prosecution of a sex fiend for the murder of Arlene Arkinson will be published tomorrow. Before Christmas more searches will be carried out to find the body of the missing schoolgirl, last seen in the company of convicted rapist and murderer Robert Howard.

A spokesperson for the PSNI in Strabane said that bogland in Co Tyrone close to where previous searches took place will be examined within weeks in a bid to find the body of 15-year-old Arlene, who vanished 12 years ago.

The news follows confirmation of an internal inquiry carried out by the Public Prosecution Service into its handling of Howard - the man widely believed to be responsible for the death of Arlene.
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Attracta sniffer dog joins hunt for new killer


30 October 2006
Belfast Telegraph
Brendan McDaid


The sniffer dog that helped detectives nail Attracta Harron's killer has assisted gardai probing the horrific killing of Cork woman Meg Walsh, it has emerged.

Six-year-old English springer spaniel Eddie from South Yorkshire Police and his female companion Keela have formed part of a specialist dog team hunting for clues after the 35-year-old's badly decomposed body was found floating in Waterford Quays on October 15.
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Attracta dog helps FBI to track killer


22 August 2006
Belfast Telegraph
Brendan McDaid


The sniffer dog that helped detectives jail evil killer Trevor Hamilton has just returned from assisting the FBI with a murder probe in America.

Six-year-old English springer spaniel Eddie's career took off internationally shortly after he returned to Ulster for a third time to help in the hunt for missing Arlene Arkinson.

Eddie helped police nail Hamilton after the victim-recovery dog found blood from Attracta Harron (63) on a mat from Hamilton's burnt-out Hyundai car.

He burned it the day that he murdered the retired librarian.

Eddie found her body in a shallow grave in April 2003.
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Yorkshire's dogged detectives


24 April 2004
Yorkshire Post
Kate O'Hara

TWO Yorkshire dogs are helping police in Northern Ireland to tackle a 25-year backlog of murders which built up when the force had to focus so heavily on combatting sectarian violence.  The specialist South Yorkshire Police sniffers and their handlers are being called on to mop up more than 150 missing-person and murder cases.

And PCs Martin Grime and John Ellis and their dogs, Eddie and Frankie, have already recorded a success in the first of their grisly investigations. Last week they found the body of pensioner Attracta Harron in Ulster. A 21-year-old student had been charged with her murder, but detectives had failed to find her body until the Yorkshire team joined the search.
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