15/09/2006

Ex-soldier released after questioning

An ex-soldier who was being questioned over the murder of a baby girl in County Down 40-years-ago, has been released.

Police in Belfast have today confirmed that the man, aged in his 60's, was released pending a report being sent to the Public Prosecution Service.

The arrest relates to an incident at Ballykinlar Army Camp in 1966, when nine-month-old Linda Cochrane, was killed.

The man was arrested in Staffordshire by PSNI officers, assisted by the local police, on Wednesday.

(EF/SP)

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