Man arrested over fatal Co Antrim stabbing

A man (21) has been arrested in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, on suspicion of murdering a young woman overnight.

A man (21) has been arrested in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, on suspicion of murdering a young woman overnight.

He was arrested after the woman, also 21, was found stabbed to death in a house by police who were called to the Glenville Road area of Whiteabbey at 3.00 a.m.

She has been named as Angela Snoddy from the Glenville Road area.

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