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03/09/2014
Man Arrested In England Over Belfast Murders
A 57-year-old man has been arrested in England by Detectives from the PSNI Serious Crime Branch investigating the Belfast murders of Gary Convie and Eamon Fox in May 1994 and of Sean McParland in February the same year.
55-year-old Mr McParland was shot in Skegoniel Avenue in north Belfast on 17 February while babysitting and died a week later. 24-year-old Gary Convie and 44-year-old Eamon Fox were sitting in their car at a building site in North Queen Street on 17 May 1994 when a gunman opened fire with a submachine gun.
Police arrested the suspect in the Newport Pagnell area with assistance from Thames Valley Police. He is currently being questioned at a police station in southern England. A property is also being searched in the Newport Pagnell area.
Detectives conducted the arrests as part of Operation Stafford, an investigation into a series of murders and other serious crimes by the UVF in north Belfast
(IT/CD)
55-year-old Mr McParland was shot in Skegoniel Avenue in north Belfast on 17 February while babysitting and died a week later. 24-year-old Gary Convie and 44-year-old Eamon Fox were sitting in their car at a building site in North Queen Street on 17 May 1994 when a gunman opened fire with a submachine gun.
Police arrested the suspect in the Newport Pagnell area with assistance from Thames Valley Police. He is currently being questioned at a police station in southern England. A property is also being searched in the Newport Pagnell area.
Detectives conducted the arrests as part of Operation Stafford, an investigation into a series of murders and other serious crimes by the UVF in north Belfast
(IT/CD)
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