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11/09/2006
Man remanded over murder charge
A 22-year-old Latvian man has appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court charged with the murder of a man at a house in south Belfast last week.
Kaspars Valters, of no fixed address, spoke through an interpretor only to confirm that he understood the charges.
He was remanded in custody to reappear before the court via videolink on October 9.
A second man arrested in connection with the murder has been released pending reports to the Public Prosecution Service, while four others have since been released without charge.
James McDonald, 56, from Dumfries, Scotland, was found dead at a house in Penrose Street off the Ormeau Road last Wednesday.
Mr McDonald was identified on Saturday, after police investigating his murder released a computerised image in the hope that someone would recognise him.
(EF)
Kaspars Valters, of no fixed address, spoke through an interpretor only to confirm that he understood the charges.
He was remanded in custody to reappear before the court via videolink on October 9.
A second man arrested in connection with the murder has been released pending reports to the Public Prosecution Service, while four others have since been released without charge.
James McDonald, 56, from Dumfries, Scotland, was found dead at a house in Penrose Street off the Ormeau Road last Wednesday.
Mr McDonald was identified on Saturday, after police investigating his murder released a computerised image in the hope that someone would recognise him.
(EF)
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