Man charged with murder

A man was charged last night with the murder of a woman in a pipe-bomb attack in Portadown in June.

A man was charged last night with the murder of a woman in a pipe-bomb attack in Portadown in June.

The man (34), from Lurgan, Co Armagh, was also charged with attempted murder. He is due to appear in court this morning.

Mrs Elizabeth O'Neill (59), a mother of two, died after she tried to pick up a pipe-bomb which had been thrown through the living-room window of her home in the Corcrain district on June 5.

Meanwhile another man, also from Lurgan, was charged yesterday with possessing documents likely to be used by terrorists. The offences are not related.