08/06/2016

Man Due In Court Over 2012 Double Murder In Dundalk

A 34-year-old man is due to appear before Dundalk District Court this morning charged in connection with a double murder in March 2012.

The suspected was arrested when he was returned to Ireland following his extradition from Spain in April this year.

He is charged in connection with the murder of Anthony Burnett and Joseph Redmond; their bodies were found in a burnt-out car at Ravensdale Park in Dundalk, on 07 March, 2012.

The two men had been shot before the car was set on fire.

(MH/JP)

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