24/03/2011

Five Arrested Over Limerick Death

Gardai have this morning arrested five people in connection with the death of James Boyce.

The body of the 71-year-old was discovered in a house at St Munchin’s Street, St Mary’s Park, Limerick City on the evening of March 7th.

Two females aged in their 20s and 30s, and three males, one in his 40s, and two in their late teens were arrested in the Limerick city area.

Four others have been detained under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act,1939 and one under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

They are currently held at Garda Stations in the Limerick area.

A post mortem has been carried out at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick, however results have not yet been released.

(BMcN/GK)

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