16/06/2014

Man Arrested Over Ballymena Murder

A man is due at Coleraine Magistrates Court today after being charged with the murder of a woman in Ballymena, County Antrim.

32-year-old Denise Dunlop was killed at a house in Centuripe Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The 41-year-old accused was arrested by detectives from the PSNI's Serious Crime Branch.

SDLP Ballymena Councillor Declan O'Loan said: "Like everyone in Ballymena, I am shocked and saddened to hear of this tragic news. I express my sympathy to the victim’s family, and my thoughts and prayers are with them at this heartbreaking time. The matter is under police investigation and we should await the outcome of that, and I urge anyone with any information to contact the PSNI immediately."

(IT)

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