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Fri 03 Mar 1999Clegg `lied in evidence' but cleared of murderThe British paratrooper Lee Clegg has been cleared of murdering Belfast teenager Ms Karen Reilly during an incident involving a stolen car in west Belfast in September 1990.But Mr Justice Kerr, who upheld Clegg's conviction of attempting to wound Mr Martin Peake with intent, said Clegg had lied in his evidence.