Crime & Law

Man charged with murder of two people in Belfast flat

Victims of Kinnaird Close attack named as Frances Murray (37) and Joseph Dutton (47)

A PSNI officers lifts the cordon tape for PSNI forensic officers as they enter a building on Kinnaird Close in Belfast, after the bodies of a man and a woman were found in an apartment on Monday afternoon. Photograph : Liam McBurney/PA Wire
A PSNI officers lifts the cordon tape for PSNI forensic officers as they enter a building on Kinnaird Close in Belfast, after the bodies of a man and a woman were found in an apartment on Monday afternoon. Photograph : Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Tue Dec 24 2019 - 17:34

A man has been charged with murder after two people were stabbed to death in a flat in north Belfast.

The bodies of the man and woman were discovered in a flat in Kinnaird Close on Monday afternoon.

The victims have been named as Frances Murray (37) and Joseph Dutton (47).

The PSNI arrested a 35-year-old man Monday night.

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On Tuesday, the PSNI said the man had been charged with two counts of murder.

He is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court on Thursday, December 26h.