2 held on Nelson murder

Detectives investigating the murder of Lurgan solicitor Ms Rosemary Nelson arrested a man and woman in the Portadown area yesterday…

Detectives investigating the murder of Lurgan solicitor Ms Rosemary Nelson arrested a man and woman in the Portadown area yesterday morning. They were taken to Gough Barracks for questioning.

The 28-year-old man and 31-year-old woman are to be queried about a number of terrorist offences as well as the killing of Ms Nelson, who died after a loyalist booby-trap bomb exploded under her car in March last year.

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