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20/03/2014
Officers Granted Extra Time In McConville Investigation
Detectives from Serious Crime Branch investigating the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in 1972 have been granted additional time to question a 77-year-old man arrested in west Belfast on Tuesday.
A court has given the PSNI until Friday evening to continue interviewing the suspect at Antrim police station.
37-year-old Mrs McConville was abducted in December 1972 from her flat in the Divis area of west Belfast and shot by the IRA.
Her body was not recovered until it was found on a beach in County Louth in August 2003.
(IT/MH)
A court has given the PSNI until Friday evening to continue interviewing the suspect at Antrim police station.
37-year-old Mrs McConville was abducted in December 1972 from her flat in the Divis area of west Belfast and shot by the IRA.
Her body was not recovered until it was found on a beach in County Louth in August 2003.
(IT/MH)
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