Two arrested over murder of drug dealer in Down

Police in the North have arrested two men in connection with Tuesday night's horrific murder on a loyalist estate in Co Down.

Thirty-six-year-old drug dealer Mark Christie, who recently received a suspended sentence for assault, was found dead in the Kilcooley Estate in Bangor just after 11pm on Tuesday night.

He is believed to have been stabbed with screwdrivers and a machete after being chased through the area by a gang of men.

Mr Christie, from the Whitehill area of the town, had apparently been ordered by the UVF to stay away from the Kilcooley estate, but had gone there to visit his girlfriend.

Loyalist paramilitaries are the prime suspects in the killing.