Former North minister dies on diving holiday
A former junior minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly has died during a diving holiday in Costa Rica, it was revealed today.
James Leslie, 50, was the Ulster Unionist Assembly member for North Antrim.
Married with one daughter, Mr Leslie served as junior minister in the office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.
He was a keen hill walker and sailor who worked in merchant banking in Hong Kong before his spell in office during the first term of the Assembly in 1998.
