Savage murder 'leaves town suspended in disbelief'

The savage murder of pensioner Annie McCartan on her 75th birthday has left the quiet Northern Ireland harbour town she lived in suspended in disbelief, her funeral was told today.

As police prepared to stage a reconstruction of events before her murder in Warrenpoint, Co Down exactly a week ago, Canon John Kearney told mourners at St Peter’s Church her unexpected and tragic death had turned their world upside down.