16/04/2014

Another Woman Arrested In Jean McConville Case

Police investigating the abduction and murder of Jean McConville have arrested a 57-year-old woman in connection with the 1972 case.

Another woman, also aged 57, and a 56-year-old man were arrested earlier this month and later released after questioning.

Widowed mother-of-10 Jean McConville was abducted from her flat by the IRA, before being murdered and buried in secret.

Her body was found 35 years later at a beach in Co Louth.

Police investigating the case arrested the woman on Wednesday. She has been taken to Antrim for questioning.

(MH/JP)

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