Man charged with murdering pensioner

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

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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Courts Heathrow Place: Willowfield Place: Belfast Place: Shaw Street, Bury Place: England Place: Manchester Place: North Place: South Belfast Person: Stanley Close Person: David Mayberry Wallace Person: Wallace Person: Det Sgt Person: Andrew Sossich Person: Close Organisation: Police Service of Northern Ireland Organisation: PSNI Organisation: Greater Manchester Police

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