30/04/2019

Further Arrest In Jim Donegan Murder Probe

A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Jim Donegan.

The father-of-two was gunned down last December in west Belfast while waiting to collect his teenage son from school on the Glen Road in west Belfast.

The gunman was captured on CCTV walking in the area, wearing a yellow high-vis vest. Police said the killer had been waiting for Mr Donegan five days earlier but the 43-year-old failed to show up that day.

The man was arrested under the Terrorism Act and taken to Musgrave Police Station. He remains in custody at this time.



(JG/CM)




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