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‘They’ll have to shoot me as well’ – mother of murdered man spoke out after learning of death threat

THE MOTHER of murdered father-of-two Stephen Carson told the Andersonstown News last October that the gang targeting him would have to “shoot me as well” if they followed through on their threat to kill him. Mr Carson also said that he feared his life was under threat from a group calling itself the West Belfast […]

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Audio recording row rambles on at City Hall

The row that never was became the main talking point of March’s Belfast City Council meeting at City Hall last night, writes David Whelan in City Hall. Councillor Brian Heading (SDLP) looked incensed as he waved a publication circulating in North Belfast which he claimed “calls into question my integrity”. Cllr Heading was referring to […]

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Two charged with South Belfast shotgun murder

Two men have been charged with the murder of Stephen Carson, who was shot dead in South Belfast last week. Mr Carson, a father-of-two, was shot dead in a house at Walmer Street in the Ormeau Road area on Thursday evening. The men, aged 32 and 37, are due to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court. […]

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Police granted extra time to question murder suspect

Police have been granted extra time to question three men arrested in West Belfast in relation to the murder of Stephen Carson. The men aged 32, 37 and 39, were arrested on Friday evening on suspicion of murder. Police also said that a firearm had been recovered and had been sent for forensic tests. Mr […]

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Murdered man spoke of death threat against him

The man who was shot dead in South Belfast last night told the Andersonstown News last October that his life was under threat. 28-year-old Stephen Carson was shot in a house at Walmer Street in the Ormeau Road area at about 10.45pm on Thursday evening as the father of two was having a meal with […]

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Shocking CCTV images of shop worker attack

A BRUTAL robbery that left a young North Belfast shop worker in hospital has been captured on CCTV. The member of staff at the Wear to Work shop at the junction of Trinity Street and Clifton Street was thrown to the ground last Wednesday evening just before closing and held against his will while a […]

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