Relatives cleared from court

Relatives of a 19-year-old Keady man whose partially naked body was found on waste ground near the town centre on January 2nd…

Relatives of a 19-year-old Keady man whose partially naked body was found on waste ground near the town centre on January 2nd last were cleared from Armagh Magistrates' Court yesterday. Only the parents of Mr Paul Oliver McGleenan, a tiler and part-time barman, were allowed to remain.

Mr Matthew Gerard Rice (39), Mr Francis Charles Houlihan (25) and Mr John Gerard Lappin were sent for trial to Armagh Crown Court accused of unlawful killing. All three were granted bail.

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