09/05/2007

Three remanded on murder charges

Three people have been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a 42-year-old man in County Londonderry.

Husband and wife, James Meehan, 37, and Brenda Meehan, 38, and her 19-year-old son, Sean Anthony Devenney, appeared at Limavady Magistrate's Court. All three denied the charges.

Jim McFadden, 42, from County Londonderry, was beaten to death at his home, in Moyola Drive, in the early hours of Saturday morning after returning from a wedding at which his wife Ita was bridesmaid.

Mr McFadden's 15-year-old daughter suffered facial injuries and his son sustained a broken arm.

(CD/SP)

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