22/10/2013

Third Man Arrested In Connection With 1993 UVF Murder

A 46-year-old man has been arrested I England by officers investigating the 1993 murder of Joseph Reynolds in east Belfast.

Mr Reynold was travelling to work on 12 October 1993 when his van was ambushed by UVF gunmen on Sydenham Road.

The latest arrest is the third to be made since the investigation was reopened by detectives last week.

(MH/CD)

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