22/01/2003

Man remanded in custody following Bangor murder

A man has been remanded in custody for three weeks after being charged with the murder of a man in Bangor at the weekend.

William Moore, 34, also known as 'Billy the Boxer', is accused of killing Richard Hamill at a house party in the early hours of Sunday.

Mr Hamill was shot dead in the bathroom of a house at St Gallen Court in the Whitehill estate, Bangor.

Mr Moore, from Rathgill Court in Bangor, also faces unrelated charges of being a member of a proscribed organisation.

He voluntarily gave himself up to police yesterday after being named as a suspect following the murder.

The accused made no reply when the murder charge was read out to him at Bangor Magistrates Court.

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