29/07/2016

Trio Released Over Death Of Dessie Mee

Three people have been released pending further enquiries over the death of Dessie Mee in Co Down.

Mr Mee, aged 45, was found outside Millers House in Newtownards on Regent Street on Tuesday, 26 July.

Police have been treating the death as "suspicious". Police were granted an additional 36 hours to question two men and a woman.

One of the men and woman have been reported to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) for possession of a Class B drug.

(CD)

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