Police appeal 20 years after murder of teenager Damien Duffy in west Belfast Damien Duffy (18) was beaten and stabbed during a confrontation between two groups of people on the Stewartstown Road on May 20 2001 Jonathan McCambridge, PA 20 May, 2021 11:25
Police have issued a new appeal for information ahead of the 20th anniversary of the murder of a teenager in Belfast.
Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy said the family of Damien Duffy still have “unanswered questions” about his death in 2001.
The 18-year-old was beaten and stabbed during a confrontation between two groups of people on the Stewartstown Road on May 20 2001.
He died two weeks later. No-one has been convicted of his murder.
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Detectives investigating the murder of Lisa Dorrian are conducting further searches in Ballyhalbert.
Ms Dorrian was 25 when she disappeared after attending a party at a caravan park in Ballyhalbert.
Ponds at the Clay Pits are currently being searched.
Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy, who is leading the investigation said: Detectives from the PSNI s Major Investigation Team, together with divers, are conducting a number of searches in the Ballyhalbert area. The searches are concentrated on a number of lakes at The Clay Pits close to the caravan park where Lisa was last seen alive. Sixteen years have now passed, but our resolve has not diminished. It is important that we bring the Dorrian family the answers that any grieving family deserves. While we want to recover Lisa s body and allow the Dorrian family to finally lay Lisa to rest we remain determined to bring those who killed her to justice and are also looking for evidence relating to her disappearance
New searches under way for Lisa Dorrian in Co Down Police believe woman last seen alive on February 27th, 2005, was murdered
about 6 hours ago
A diver in the water at the Clay Pits, Ballyhalbert, Northern Ireland, where a large-scale search operation is taking place in the investigation into the disappearance of Lisa Dorrian. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
New searches are under way for Co Down woman Lisa Dorrian, who has been missing for more than 16 years.
Divers are conducting fingertip searches at a number of small lakes at the Clay Pits in Ballyhalbert. It is close to where Ms Dorrian was last seen alive at a party at a caravan park on February 27th, 2005.