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Victor Hamilton murder: Police arrest man in Portadown

It is the third arrest by police investigating the Ballymena man's murder and comes after a man was detained in Armagh on Thursday

Victor Hamilton
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Police investigating the murder of Victor Hamilton in Ballymena have arrested a man in Portadown.

The 33-year-old is the third person to be detained by detectives.

Sixty-three-year-old Mr Hamilton was found in the driveway of his home at Orkney Drive, Ballymena, shortly before 8am on Wednesday.

The 33-year-0ld was arrested during the early hours of this morning in Portadown.

Two others remain in custody.

A 29-year-old man was arrested in the Spring Meadows area of Armagh on Thursday morning. He was being questioned in the Serious Crime suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast.

A 23-year-old woman has also been held.

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