Police arrest man in connection with NI paramilitary killings

Police today arrested a man in the UK's west Midlands for questioning about two loyalist paramilitary killings in the North.

Police arrest man in connection with NI paramilitary killings

Police today arrested a man in the UK's west Midlands for questioning about two loyalist paramilitary killings in the North.

PSNI officers were also involved in the operation to arrest the 32-year-old man.

He was questioned about the separate murders of Gavin Brett, 18, shot dead in north Belfast in July 2001 and labourer Gary Moore, 30, gunned down by the UDA at a building site, also north Belfast, the previous December.

Police said the man is being detained at a police station in England.

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