09/01/2020

Arrest Over Death That Followed 2017 Assault

Detectives investigating the death of a 54 year-old man in April 2018, following a serious assault almost a year earlier, have made an arrest.

A 58 year-old man was arrested in Coleraine today, Thursday 09 January, following the assault in the Captain's Bar on lower Captain Street in the town in May 2017.

The victim died 11 months later in April 2018.

The suspect has been taken to Coleraine Police Station for questioning.



(JG/CM)

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