Murder charge follows death of woman on boating holiday

Lu Na McKinney (35) died in April while holidaying in Co Fermanagh with her family

The PSNI said on Monday that detectives investigating the death of Lu Na McKinney (35), from Co Donegal, have charged a 41-year-old man with  murder.
The PSNI said on Monday that detectives investigating the death of Lu Na McKinney (35), from Co Donegal, have charged a 41-year-old man with murder.

A man has been charged with the murder of a mother who died earlier this year on a boating holiday in Northern Ireland.

Lu Na McKinney (35), from Co Donegal, was holidaying on a hired cruiser in Co Fermanagh with her husband and their two young children in April when she died.

The PSNI said on Monday that detectives investigating the death have charged a 41-year-old man with murder.

He will appear before Omagh Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

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The boat the family was using was moored at Devenish Island, a popular visitor attraction near Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, when Ms McKinney died.

Emergency services found her body in the water but intensive attempts to resuscitate her failed. – Press Association