Man accused of murdering Mary Ward in Belfast lodges bail application

Detectives attached to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested Ahmed Abdirahman on October 9 in Dublin city centre and charged him with murder on September 25

The PSNI launched a murder probe after the lifeless body of Mary Ward was found on October 1 in her home on Melrose Street in south Belfast. Photo: PSNI/PA

A man arrested in Dublin and charged with the murder of Belfast mother of one Mary Ward at her home last month has lodged a High Court bail application.

Ahmed Abdirahman, 31, was remanded in custody on October 11 after appearing at Dublin District Court, which does not have jurisdiction to consider bail in a murder case.