PSNI get 36 hours to question man over Belfast death

Police in the North have been given a further 36 hours to question a man being held in connection with the death of a Polish man in Belfast last weekend.

Sun, 26 Jul, 2009 - 14:03

Police in the North have been given a further 36 hours to question a man being held in connection with the death of a Polish man in Belfast last weekend.

Piotr Rafacz, 29, was found dead in an apartment on Cliftonville Road last Saturday.

The 39-year-old man is being detained at Antrim police station and PSNI investigations are continuing.

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