Stonemason arrested in women’s deaths probe

A stonemason was being questioned last night about the suspicious deaths of three former girlfriends in a rural town in the North.

Leslie Ross, aged 66, from Dromore, Co Down, was detained in the quiet market town in connection with the three fatal incidents over an 11-year period.

Michelle Bickerstaff, 47, died in April last year; Margaret Weise, 50, in Aug 2007 and Lily McKee, 52, in Dec 2002.