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15/08/2016
Police Return To John Boreland Murder Scene In North Belfast
Police investigating the murder of UDA brigadier John Boreland have returned to the scene in north Belfast.
Mr Borland was fatally shot in the Sunningdale Gardens area in Ballysillan on Sunday, 07 August.
Officers stopped cars in the area, spoke to motorists and pedestrians and renewed house-to-house enquiries.
Detectives are also appealing for information about two vehicles in the area at the time of the shooting – a silver Renault Megane car and a black Peugeot 307 car.
A silver Renault Megane was found partially burnt out at the entrance to the old quarry on Wheelers Road, Lisburn, on Tuesday, 09 August.
It is currently undergoing forensic examination.
Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway, from Serious Crime Branch, said: "We believe the silver Megane travelled along Sunningdale Gardens towards Ballysillan Road. We are appealing to anyone who saw this silver car last Sunday night and between last Sunday and Tuesday when it was recovered partially burnt out.
"We also want to hear from anyone who saw the car over recent days and weeks – who was in it, where it was being driven or parked. This is a key line of enquiry at this stage in the investigation.
"The registration number is GJZ 4870 and we have issued two photographs of a similar vehicle to assist in our appeal.
"We are also still interested in the movements of a black Peugeot 307 car which was travelling along Sunningdale Gardens in the direction of Sunningdale Park.
"We want to speak to anyone who may have seen this car in the Ballysillan area and are very keen to trace the driver of this vehicle so they can be eliminated from the enquiry. Regrettably, the shotgun used in the murder has not been recovered.
"Police are following a number of lines of enquiry in relation to this murder. Tensions within loyalist paramilitarism and criminality remain active lines of enquiry but they are not the only ones."
One man has been arrested in connection with the shooting and is currently in police custody.
(CD/MH)
Mr Borland was fatally shot in the Sunningdale Gardens area in Ballysillan on Sunday, 07 August.
Officers stopped cars in the area, spoke to motorists and pedestrians and renewed house-to-house enquiries.
Detectives are also appealing for information about two vehicles in the area at the time of the shooting – a silver Renault Megane car and a black Peugeot 307 car.
A silver Renault Megane was found partially burnt out at the entrance to the old quarry on Wheelers Road, Lisburn, on Tuesday, 09 August.
It is currently undergoing forensic examination.
Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway, from Serious Crime Branch, said: "We believe the silver Megane travelled along Sunningdale Gardens towards Ballysillan Road. We are appealing to anyone who saw this silver car last Sunday night and between last Sunday and Tuesday when it was recovered partially burnt out.
"We also want to hear from anyone who saw the car over recent days and weeks – who was in it, where it was being driven or parked. This is a key line of enquiry at this stage in the investigation.
"The registration number is GJZ 4870 and we have issued two photographs of a similar vehicle to assist in our appeal.
"We are also still interested in the movements of a black Peugeot 307 car which was travelling along Sunningdale Gardens in the direction of Sunningdale Park.
"We want to speak to anyone who may have seen this car in the Ballysillan area and are very keen to trace the driver of this vehicle so they can be eliminated from the enquiry. Regrettably, the shotgun used in the murder has not been recovered.
"Police are following a number of lines of enquiry in relation to this murder. Tensions within loyalist paramilitarism and criminality remain active lines of enquiry but they are not the only ones."
One man has been arrested in connection with the shooting and is currently in police custody.
(CD/MH)
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