Man charged with murder of 82-year-old woman in Co Antrim

A man has been charged with the murder of an 82-year-old woman in Co Antrim.

The woman died in the Dromaine Drive area of Larne on Monday evening.

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Google image of Dromaine Drive in Larne

The 32-year-old is due to appear in court in Belfast on Friday.

Detective Inspector Millar, from the PSNI’s Major Investigation Team, said: “Police were called to the scene of the sudden death of an 82-year-old woman in the Dromaine Drive area of Larne on the evening of Monday, March 30.

“A post mortem examination has been carried out and we are now treating the death as murder.”

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