Man accused of double murder

A Lithuanian man has been charged with the murder of two of his countrymen in Northern Ireland, police said.

The accused, aged 19, was today expected to appear before Newry magistrates in Co Down.

He was arrested in Lancashire and taken back to Northern Ireland in connection with the deaths earlier this year.

The bodies of two men were found lying in long grass near a golf course in Warrenpoint, Co Down, in May.

They are believed to have been living at a house in nearby Newry where a number of Lithuanian immigrants had been living while illegally working on mushroom farms in the area.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said officers led by Detective Superintendent Philip Aiken arrested the 19-year-old in Lancashire on suspicion of murder and returned him to Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

The PSNI and Scotland Yard are working together in the search for a second suspect whom they believe to be in London.

A police spokesman said they were seeking 21-year-old Vitalijus Sedovas, believed to be staying with fellow Lithuanian Renaldas Bulatovis, 21, somewhere in the capital.

A Lithuanian woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting offenders but has since been released without charge.