Lithuanian charged with Down double murder

A Lithuanian man has been charged with a double murder in Northern Ireland.

A Lithuanian man has been charged with a double murder in Northern Ireland.

The accused, aged 21, is expected to appear before a magistrate in Banbridge, Co Down, today.

He was charged by detectives probing the killing of two men from the Baltic state earlier this year.

A huge murder inquiry began in May after the bodies were found dumped by the roadside in Warrenpoint, Co Down, in May.

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