Man held over Rosemary Nelson murder
12 April 2012
Detectives investigating the murder of Northern Ireland human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson today arrested a man near Bristol.
The man, 29, was detained at Burnham-on-Sea, according to a spokesman for Norfolk Constabulary.
The inquiry is being headed by the deputy Chief Constable of the force, Colin Port.
Mrs Nelson died when a loyalist booby trap bomb exploded under her car outside her home in Lurgan, Co Armagh, in March l999.
A spokesman confirmed the man detained today was being questioned about alleged terrorist offences. He is being held at a police station in England.
The mid-Ulster based Loyalist Volunteer Force, a breakaway paramilitary organisation, carried out the bombing, but nobody has yet been charged with Mrs Nelson's murder.
