Man arrested in England charged over 2001 murder of pensioner in Coleraine

A man arrested in England over the stabbing of a pensioner in Northern Ireland has been charged with murder.

A man arrested in England over the stabbing of a pensioner in Northern Ireland has been charged with murder.

Norman Moffatt (73) was attacked as he walked home after buying his morning newspaper in Coleraine, Co Derry, in January 2001.

Last year police made a fresh appeal for information on the murder and said the elderly man might have been the victim of a random attack.

Detectives from the PSNI, working with Greater Manchester Police, arrested a 42-year-old man on Monday on suspicion of murder.

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He was detained in the Stockport area and taken back to Antrim for questioning. Police said last night he had now been charged over the attack. He will appear at Ballymena Magistrates Court in Co Antrim this morning.

Police investigating the killing in 2001 said Mr Moffatt was stabbed between Railway Road and Circular Road in Coleraine at about 7am.

He was taken to hospital but died almost two months later.