01/06/2017

Four Men Arrested Over Murder Of Lorraine McCausland

Four people have been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a woman in north Belfast in 1987.

Lorraine McCausland was found dead beside a stream in the Forthriver area on 08 March.

Two men, aged 54 and 65, were arrested in Belfast and two men, aged 53 and 59, were arrested in Antrim.

Three people were also arrested on Wednesday, 31 May, as part of the investigation.

(CD)

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