Officers to attend killer's sentencing

FEARS 'HEAT COULD RISE' AS SOCIAL MEDIA POST URGES PUBLIC TO TURN UP, AND 'THE MORE THE MERRIER'

- By DAVID POWELL Daily Post Reporter

POLICE officers will attend the sentencing of the “abhorrent” murderer of a much-loved nan over concerns for potential “trouble”.

Dean Mears, who was this month convicted of killing Catherine Flynn, will be sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court on June 20.

Mears’ defence barrister expressed concerns that the wider public had been invited in a Facebook post to watch the hearing from the public gallery, and “the more the merrier”.

Simon Killeen, defending Mears, warned that “heat could rise” during such an emotional occasion.

But the prosecution told the judge at a hearing yesterday that police officers would attend.