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Teen charged with murder of elderly man in Co.Down

Sunday, 6 July 2008

A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of an elderly man in Bangor, County Down last Tuesday.

68-year-old William Spence was beaten and stabbed to death at the guesthouse he owned in the seaside town.

The teenager is understood to have been arrested last night.

He is due to appear in court in Newtownards on Monday.

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