Service set for man whose body was found in north Down

Family and friends will bid farewell to a Stormont finance worker whose body was found at the weekend.

Paul Gordon, understood to be in his mid-40s, was found dead on Sunday night at a house in the Ballydavey Cottages area of north Down, in a rural area between Holywood and Crawfordsburn.

A man was arrested and later released following the death of Paul Gordon outside Holywood, Co Downplaceholder image
A man was arrested and later released following the death of Paul Gordon outside Holywood, Co Down

Police initially said that they were treating his death as suspicious.

On Tuesday, the PSNI said that a post-mortem had revealed that the death was not in fact suspicious.

A 53-year-old man who had been arrested by police probing the death was released on Tuesday.

Police would not say what Mr Gordon died of, or why they had believed a crime might have been committed.

A service of thanksgiving will be held for him on Friday at 10.30am at Roselawn Crematorium, Belfast, open to all. He is to be cremated.

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