16/02/2006

Police reveal name of murdered Irvinestown man

Police have today revealed the name of the County Fermanagh man who was murdered in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The man was 39-year-old Stephen Francis Robinson from the Cullaghmore Road area of Irvinestown.

Police were alerted to the scene by a telephone call at around 3.25am on Wednesday and arrested a man and a woman.

A short time later, a third person was also arrested in connection with the murder.

A police forensic team carried out an investigation on the scene of the incident yesterday afternoon, and believe the murder to be of a domestic nature.

(EF)


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