Two men, aged 20 and 21, are due to appear in Belfast Magistrates' Court today charged with the murder of a retired Belfast archaeologist and writer, Mr Laurence Flanagan (68).
The body of Dublin-born Mr Flanagan was found by police officers at the bottom of the stairs of his south Belfast home on Monday afternoon.
He had suffered face and head injuries after been tied up during a robbery. His credit cards were missing.
A former curator of the Ulster Museum, where he worked for almost 40 years, Mr Flanagan was the author of several books on local history. He was also the organiser of a major exhibition on the 400th anniversary of the sinking of the Spanish Armada.