22/07/2016

Man's Body Found During Search For Missing Kevin Shortt

A body has been found in the search for missing Dunmurry man Kevin Shortt.

Mr Shortt, aged 34, was last seen in the Woodland Walk area on Friday, 08 July.

Police confirmed they found the body of a man in a wooded area off the Ballyskeagh Road.

A PSNI spokesperson said: "A formal identification and post mortem will take place in due course however at this time police are not treating the death as suspicious."

(CD/LM)

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