05/06/2015

Woman Arrested Over Basil McAfee Murder

Police have arrested a woman in connection with the murder of Basil McAfee in north Belfast in December 2013.

The 44-year-old suspect is being questioned at a police station in Belfast.

Mr McAfee's body was discovered in the living room of his home in Henderson Avenue on 20 December. He was the victim of an attack involving an axe and a knife. He was last seen alive on the evening of 19 December.

This is the fifth arrest so far.

(CD)

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