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DETECTIVES FROM THE PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch are appealing for information following the suspicious death of 64-year-old woman in her home in North Belfast in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Mother of two May Stevens was found in her Lismoyne Park home shortly after 3am by officers enquiring about her car which had been seen a short time earlier on the North Circular Road having failed to stop for police.
Detective Chief Inspector Peter Montgomery said: “At this stage we are treating Mrs Stevens’ death as suspicious. We now know that her car was stolen between 1.30am and 2am on Sunday before it was found abandoned in Glenbank Place at around 6.45am.
“I am keen to trace the movements of the car, a red Hyundai i30, bearing registration plates NRZ 3370, in North Belfast between 1.30am and 6.45am. The vehicle has damage to its nearside. I would also like to speak to anyone who has information about two men who were seen walking away from the car after it was abandoned in Glenbank Place in the direction of the Crumlin Road.
“I am investigating a possible link to two other attempted burglaries in the area in the early hours of Sunday morning – one of which was also in Lismoyne Park.
“I can fully understand the shock and devastation felt in the community today following this sickening incident, “Mrs Stevens was last seen alive in her house late on Saturday evening and I am awaiting the results of the post mortem.
“May touched the lives of many people living in this community as she was a long standing public servant teaching maths to pupils at the Boys’ Model as well as working at Newtownabbey Region College in recent years.
“This incident has left the Stevens’ family mourning the loss of a wife, mother and sister. Mrs Stevens was looking forward to becoming a grandmother.
“We take the issue of crime against older people extremely seriously and remain committed to putting those responsible before the courts. We work to prevent such crimes, to catch those responsible for incidents which do occur and to help older people keep themselves and their home safe.”
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its incidents like this when vigilante justice is at the back of ones mind
@Johnny Mason: I think northern Ireland has seen enough vigilante ‘justice’ in the not so distant past
@Dermot Lane: agreed Dermot. In your liberal utopia, suspended sentences would be the order of the day.
@Damien Mooney: If you could go ahead and point out the part that absolves a person of the (criminal) consequences of their actions, that’d be great; “Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programmes such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free markets, civil rights, democraticsocieties, secular governments, gender equality and international cooperation.” – Wikipedia
Sentencing for sc#m who prey on old people is a big part of the problem here.
The poor woman. RIP
Terrible and tragic shock for her entire family and friends. Her husband must be totally devastated along with their kids.
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