Cinema film plea to help solve Lisa murder
Cinemas across Northern Ireland are to screen a heart-rending new plea for information on shop-assistant Lisa Dorrian’s murder.
Her family have helped produce a 30-second advertisement urging help to break down the wall of silence surrounding the abduction and killing.
Lisa’s sister Joanne said: “This was very, very difficult to watch. I cried the first time I saw it.
“But we’re just hoping the people around the killers might also see this.”
Lisa, 25, vanished after a party on a near-deserted caravan park at Ballyhalbert, close to her Bangor, Co Down home in February 2005.
Her body has never been found, and despite several arrests murder squad detectives have yet to make a breakthrough.
The Dorrian family have already set up a website in the hope that clues may be left among the multitude of anonymous messages from the public.
Billboard posters were also erected across North Down and Belfast, while rock stars Snow Patrol wore ribbons of hope in a show of support during an outdoor concert in the city last week.
Now the family has taken its campaign into the cinemas in an attempt to widen their appeal.
The advertisement features a montage of photos of Lisa, from childhood until just before her disappearance.
In a voice-over, Joanne Dorrian appeals for any help to end the family’s torment.
The Movie House Cinemas chain and Carlton Screen Advertising both backed the initiative, which would have otherwise cost the Dorrians thousands of pounds to fund.
Michael McAdam of Movie House Cinemas said: “We hope that by screening this advert we can play some role in bringing closure to the Dorrian family.
“The strain that they are living under is almost unimaginable and we hope that someone will see this advert and come forward with new information.”
Joanne Dorrian praised Mr McAdam along with the other contributors who offered recording and editing facilities free of charge.
“This is very significant for our campaign,” she stressed.
“It’s brilliant because it means we have a captive audience.
“The plan is to run it for a month, putting it on as the last ad before films to get the best audience figures.”
