12/01/2015

Sixth Arrested Over Randalstown Murder

A sixth person has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a 65-year-old man in Randalstown, County Antrim on 7 January.

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday. Two men aged 30 and 43 were arrested but have now been released unconditionally.

Six people remain in police custody, including a boy aged 14 and a girl aged 16.

At about 00:10 in the early hours of Thursday 8 January, 65-year-old Nelson Cheung and his 57-year-old wife Winnie were driving along the Caddy Road having finished work at their business in Randalstown. It is believed that their vehicle was forced off the road by two other vehicles and they were approached by a number of people.

The pair were attacked and a sum of cash was taken from them. Mr Cheung died at the scene as a result of stab wounds.

Mrs Cheung then ran for help to a house in the Caddy Road area of Randalstown and called the police.

Police have appealed for information from the public, specifically anyone who saw vehicles moving along Caddy Road between 23:30 on Wednesday night and 01:00 on Thursday morning.

The PSNI would also like to speak to anyone who may have noticed a black Seat Toledo car, registration number OE62 FRF, in the Randalstown area from around 21:00 to midnight on Wednesday 07 January.

Anyone with information can contact Detectives at a special incident room in Ballymena PSNI station on the non-emergency number 101 or via the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

(IT/CD)

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