Irishman faces murder charge in New York

A 23-YEAR-OLD Irishman has been arrested in New York on suspicion of murdering his American ex-girlfriend.

Gary McGurk, who has Irish and American citizenship, was arrested at his mother’s house in Woodside, Queens in New York yesterday.

McGurk is accused of stabbing his girlfriend Michele Lee, 24, in the throat and burning her chest with a hot iron after she died.