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08/03/2011
Double Murder 'Stuns' Co Armagh Community
A murder inquiry has been launched in the North after a man and woman were shot dead in a flat in Craigavon, County Armagh.
Their bodies were discovered in the property in Legahory Court just after 6pm on Monday.
The victims have been named locally as Hugh McGeough and his partner, Jackie McCartney.
A motive for the killings has not yet been confirmed but it is understood that police are investigating a possible drugs connection. Mr McGeough was also known to police and had been acquitted of the murder of a 19-year-old man, who was killed in Craigavon in 2001.
Sinn Féin representative for the Craigavon area, John O'Dowd, commented: "I share the concern and the shock of the community at how this couple has met their death."
The Chairman of the area's local district policing partnership, Michael McGoldrick, also commented: "The discovery of two dead bodies in a house in Legahory in Craigavon has stunned everyone in the local community. News that the police are treating the deaths as murder will compound the sense of shock and disbelief felt by residents in the area. My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of the man and woman who have lost their lives."
Police have appealed for anyone with any information to come forward.
(JG/GK)
Their bodies were discovered in the property in Legahory Court just after 6pm on Monday.
The victims have been named locally as Hugh McGeough and his partner, Jackie McCartney.
A motive for the killings has not yet been confirmed but it is understood that police are investigating a possible drugs connection. Mr McGeough was also known to police and had been acquitted of the murder of a 19-year-old man, who was killed in Craigavon in 2001.
Sinn Féin representative for the Craigavon area, John O'Dowd, commented: "I share the concern and the shock of the community at how this couple has met their death."
The Chairman of the area's local district policing partnership, Michael McGoldrick, also commented: "The discovery of two dead bodies in a house in Legahory in Craigavon has stunned everyone in the local community. News that the police are treating the deaths as murder will compound the sense of shock and disbelief felt by residents in the area. My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of the man and woman who have lost their lives."
Police have appealed for anyone with any information to come forward.
(JG/GK)
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