Botched burglary theory in death of horse breeder

A MAN in his early 20s has been arrested and is helping gardaí with their investigation into the death of Co Waterford horse breeder Dick Forristal.

The man was arrested in the Tramore area at 3pm yesterday. His period of detention was due to be extended at 9pm last night.

Sixty-two-year-old Mr Forristal was found by a friend in a pool of blood in the kitchen-cum-living room of his home on a 100-acre farm a mile outside the seaside town of Tramore shortly after 2.20pm on Thursday.