Three arrested in connection with murder of Ballymena boy

Police in the North have arrested three people in connection with the murder of Ballymena teenager Michael McIlveen three months ago.

The 15-year-old Catholic schoolboy was beaten to death by a loyalist gang in the Co Antrim town last May.

Police investigating the case today arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of assisting an offender.

A teenage boy is also being questioned on suspicion of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

Seven people have so far been charged with offences relating to the murder.