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07/11/2006
Man questioned over Ballymena murder
A 49-year-old man is being questioned by police in County Antrim in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Shirley Finlay in September.
The man, is understood to have already been in custody under an unrelated charge, and earlier today detectives in Ballymena made an appeal to Ballymena Magistrates Court to have him transferred into their custody.
The man has since been taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim for questioning in connection with the murder.
Shirley Finlay, from Crebilly Road, Ballymena, was found wrapped in a duvet in a car park in the Mount Street of the town on September 19. She had been strangled.
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The man, is understood to have already been in custody under an unrelated charge, and earlier today detectives in Ballymena made an appeal to Ballymena Magistrates Court to have him transferred into their custody.
The man has since been taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim for questioning in connection with the murder.
Shirley Finlay, from Crebilly Road, Ballymena, was found wrapped in a duvet in a car park in the Mount Street of the town on September 19. She had been strangled.
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