Detectives investigating the murder of Marie Green in north Belfast have this morning, Wednesday 4 June, been granted a court extension of an additional 36 hours to question a 31-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder.

Last evening police confirmed they were investigating a sudden death in the Shore Road.

The victim has been named by police as 71-year-old Marie Green.

And a man aged 31 from Belfast was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and taken into police custody.

PSNI granted more time to question suspect after north Belfast woman's death