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18/09/2006
Man remanded over Ballymena murder
A 23-year-old man has appeared in Coleraine Magistrates Court today charged with the murder of a man in County Antrim on Friday afternoon.
Ryan Patrick McLaughlin, originally from County Tyrone, is understood to have been sharing a flat in a hostel with the victim for just four days, when the incident happened.
The victim, who has been named as 50-year-old John Stanley Adams from the Ballymena area, was found dead at Alveston House, a hostel in the Dunclug Gardens area the town at around 4.30pm on Friday afternoon.
It is understood that he had died as a result of head injuries sustained during an assault.
A detective sergeant today told the court that McLaughlin made no reply when charged with the murder, however added that during questioning, detectives had learned that there were a number of medical issues relating directly to the defendant.
He will reappear before the same court next month.
(EF/SP)
Ryan Patrick McLaughlin, originally from County Tyrone, is understood to have been sharing a flat in a hostel with the victim for just four days, when the incident happened.
The victim, who has been named as 50-year-old John Stanley Adams from the Ballymena area, was found dead at Alveston House, a hostel in the Dunclug Gardens area the town at around 4.30pm on Friday afternoon.
It is understood that he had died as a result of head injuries sustained during an assault.
A detective sergeant today told the court that McLaughlin made no reply when charged with the murder, however added that during questioning, detectives had learned that there were a number of medical issues relating directly to the defendant.
He will reappear before the same court next month.
(EF/SP)
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