Climbing tragedy: Doctor's body expected home

The body of a Northern Ireland doctor killed in a climbing accident in New Zealand is expected to arrive in Belfast later today.

The body of a Northern Ireland doctor killed in a climbing accident in New Zealand is expected to arrive in Belfast later today.

Donal Deery, aged 29, died two weeks ago as he tried to save his girlfriend Helen McClements who slipped as they climbed the South Island’s Southern Alps.

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