Man due in court charged with murder of two women in Down

A man is due in court in Armagh today charged with the murder of two women in Co Down.

The 66-year-old is accused of the murders of 47-year-old Michelle Bickerstaff who died in April last year -- and Margaret Weise who was 50 when she died in August 2007.

He was arrested on Tuesday in Co Down and taken to Antrim for questioning.

It is thought he had a relationship with each of the women.