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17/02/2015
Three Arrested Over 1972 Murder
Three men have been arrested by detectives investigating the sectarian murder of a man in east Belfast in 1972.
32-year-old Patrick Benstead was found dead in Crossley Street on 2 December after he had been tortured and shot.
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Dickson, from Serious Crime Branch, said: "The suspects, aged 61, 67 and 73, were arrested in England, east Belfast and Newtownards this morning. They are being taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Antrim police station for questioning."
Patrick Benstead was from the Short Strand area of east Belfast. He had last been seen leaving a bar on the Falls Road in west Belfast on the evening of 1 December 1972.
His body was later found in an entry off Crossley Street in the Templemore Avenue area of east Belfast at 07:30 on 2 December.
(IT/MH)
32-year-old Patrick Benstead was found dead in Crossley Street on 2 December after he had been tortured and shot.
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Dickson, from Serious Crime Branch, said: "The suspects, aged 61, 67 and 73, were arrested in England, east Belfast and Newtownards this morning. They are being taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Antrim police station for questioning."
Patrick Benstead was from the Short Strand area of east Belfast. He had last been seen leaving a bar on the Falls Road in west Belfast on the evening of 1 December 1972.
His body was later found in an entry off Crossley Street in the Templemore Avenue area of east Belfast at 07:30 on 2 December.
(IT/MH)
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