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Female arrested over murder of woman in Co Derry

written by cassoscoop April 25, 2021
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Ludmila Poletelova was found murdered at Co Derry home on Friday afternoon

DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Major Investigation Team investigating the murder of 61 year old Ludmila Poletelova in Limavady, have arrested a woman this evening, Sunday, April 25.

The body of Ms Poletelova was found on Friday afternoon at her home in Lodge Court in the town.

She had sustaied a number of head injuries.

The victim was last on Monday, April 19.

Detective Chief Inspector Neil McGuinness said: “The woman, aged 45, was arrested in the Limavady area, on suspicion of murder.

“She and has been taken into custody for questioning.

“Meanwhile, our detectives are currently conducting searches at two properties in the Limavady area as part of our investigation.

“Ludmila suffered a violent death which no-one deserves.

“We owe it to her, and her friends and family, to catch the person responsible and to bring them before the courts.

Police have launched a murder inquiry after Ms Poletelova’s body was found at her home

“Whilst we are making progress with our investigation I would continue to appeal to anyone with any information, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, to bring that information to us.

“You can contact us by calling 101 and quoting reference number 1073 of 23/4/21.

“You can also make a report online, using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.

“Or you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/ .”

Female arrested over murder of woman in Co Derry was last modified: April 26th, 2021 by cassoscoop

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