Man charged with murdering pensioner

A man appeared in court today charged with murdering a former prisoner more than 20 years ago.

Man charged with murdering pensioner
Sat, 08 May, 2010 - 13:34

A man appeared in court today charged with murdering a former prisoner more than 20 years ago.

Stanley Close (aged 65) who was found strangled in his home in the Willowfield area of east Belfast in August 1986, had served a jail term for shooting a man in the city in 1971.

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