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Natalie Brannigan, 42, from The Green in Holywood, admitted a charge of assisting offenders and was given a two-year sentence, suspended for two years.

Natalie Brannigan, 42, from The Green in Holywood, admitted a charge of assisting offenders.

Brannigan accepted that the night of the assault, she collected Walker and drove him to Holywood and Newtownards.

Ms Brannigan said she had gone to see her daughter after she had been brought home with the help of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.

"It didn't work but they did try. And it's something I'll always be grateful for. But I could never view her… I could never see her face," Ms Brannigan said.