Man due in court charged with former teacher's murder

Police have charged a 33-year-old man with murder following the death of Robert Flowerday in Crumlin on Sunday.

The 64-year-old former Antrim Grammar School teacher was discovered dead at his Mill Road home a number of hours after he had attended church.

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Robert Flowerday

Hundreds of shocked villagers attended a candlelit vigil in his memory on Tuesday night.

The man who has been charged is due to appear before Ballymena magistrates on Wednesday morning.

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