02/02/2012

Women Questioned Over Comber Murder

Two 20-year-old women have been arrested following the murder of a man in Comber in January.

36-year-old Philip Strickland was found shot dead in a car in the Ballydrain Road area on 11th January.

Seven people have already been charged in connection with the murder and 16 people have been questioned.

(CD/GK)

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