03/10/2017

Four People Arrested Over George Gilmore Murder

Four more people have been arrested over the murder of George Gilmore.

Mr Gilmore, a high-profile loyalist, was shot in the neck in the Woodburn estate in Carrickfergus on 13 March this year.

He died from his injuries the next day in hospital.

A 30-year-old man and three women have been taken to Musgrave Police Station to be questioned.

(CD/LM)

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