Man appears in court in connection with murder of Mary Ward in Belfast [Video]

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A MAN ARRESTED in connection with the death of a woman in Belfast has appeared in court in Dublin charged with murder and was remanded in custody today.

Ahmed Abdirahman, 31, who replied “not guilty” when charged, appeared before Judge William Aylmer at Dublin District Court.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) commenced a murder probe after the lifeless body of the mother of one Mary Ward, 22, was found on 1 October in her home on Melrose Street, in south Belfast.

She was last seen alive on 25 September and had suffered neck injuries.

The PSNI and An Garda Síochána conducted a joint investigation and detectives attached to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) arrested a man in Dublin city centre on Wednesday.

Abdirahman, 31, who had an address at Kinlay House, Dame Street, Dublin 2, was taken to Kevin Street station, detained and charged on …