Lurgan

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Murder capital of the North

Rough town.

[tonto1888]

What's the low down on this one. Allegedly of course

the young lad who has been named locally seems to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time

[lurganblue]

Meant to be a video going about. Haven't seen it thankfully.

Video of what?  There are a few circulating of the car on fire that night.  A few residents have videoed from their homes.

The town is awash with rumours so I'd find it difficult to even comment on what allegedly happened.

[nrico2006]

What is alleged to have happened? Been some murders in the area over the past 10 to 15 years. Owen Creaney, Steven Carrol PSNI, Laura Marshall, Natalie McNally, Hugh McGeough and wife, Shane Whitla, Malcolm McKeown, David Neill, Marcel Seeley, Andrew Lorimer, Michael McGlennon, Anita Downey, Nathan Gibson and others I've probably missed. Go back 20 years on and you start adding the mad number of trouble related killings into it, including Martin O'Hagan and Rosemary Nelson.

[tonto1888]

What is alleged to have happened? Been some murders in the area over the past 10 to 15 years. Owen Creaney, Steven Carrol PSNI, Laura Marshall, Natalie McNally, Hugh McGeough and wife, Shane Whitla, Malcolm McKeown, David Neill, Marcel Seeley, Andrew Lorimer, Michael McGlennon, Anita Downey, Nathan Gibson and others I've probably missed. Go back 20 years on and you start adding the mad number of trouble related killings into it, including Martin O'Hagan and Rosemary Nelson.

a body found in a burnt out car apparently. 3 people arrested.

[tonto1888]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67625314

[imtommygunn]

Poor fella 

That's a seriously long list of people murdered 

[general_lee]

What's the low down on this one. Allegedly of course

the young lad who has been named locally seems to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time

This is what I have heard. There's been the usual flurry of WhatsApps/screenshots doing the rounds before total radio silence. The name I've heard (of the male arrested) doesn't surprise me at all - bad c*nt.

[Milltown Row2]

What's the low down on this one. Allegedly of course

the young lad who has been named locally seems to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time

This is what I have heard. There's been the usual flurry of WhatsApps/screenshots doing the rounds before total radio silence. The name I've heard (of the male arrested) doesn't surprise me at all - bad c*nt.

Two women arrested also! They must be lovely!

[JimStynes]

20 years ago a lot of those lads would have been bumped off before they got to this stage!

[toby47]

The murder of a young man in County Armagh at the weekend is not believed to be linked to organised crime, police have said.

The body of Odhrán Kelly, 23, was found beside a burning car in Maple Court in Lurgan in the early hours of Saturday.

The victim's mother, Jacqui Murray, said her son was taken too soon and her heart is "broken in a million pieces".

In a floral tribute, she described him as her "beautiful boy" adding: "Love you always, Mum and big brother Paul."

Forensic teams and police officers have been at the scene since Sunday and a police cordon is still in place around a block of flats and a nearby green space where a car was found burnt out.

Det Ch Insp Tony Kelly said: ""My thoughts are first and foremost with Mr Kelly's family, who are left trying to come to terms with this terrible loss.

[general_lee]

20 years ago a lot of those lads would have been bumped off before they got to this stage!

Yeah, you have to wonder how they're not already in jail never mind, when you see their previous records.

[Armagh18]

20 years ago a lot of those lads would have been bumped off before they got to this stage!

Yeah, you have to wonder how they're not already in jail never mind, when you see their previous records.

Touts half of them.

[Eamonnca1]

I once went out with a girl from Lurgan whose brother was murdered I think in the early 90s. His body was found by the railway line. Innocent, harmless lad killed for no reason. I think his killer had already done time and was heard saying in prison "when I get out, I'm going to stiff a fella."

I always found the place to have an underbelly of violence. William St around midnight at the weekend could be the wild west. Cops cowering in the station and afraid to come out, no evidence of any police presence. Every man for himself on the street. Look at someone the wrong way and something could kick off if someone's had enough drink in him and in the wrong mood.

When I lived in England, the streets were crawling with cops. Huge crowds milling around at closing time, buses running late at night to get people home. Always felt safer in Manchester than I did in Lurgan.

[general_lee]

I don't think Lurgan is any different to anywhere else when it comes to nightlife. The odd scrap but the same as what you'd get in Newry, Dungannon, Cookstown, Magherafelt etc.

Someone posted earlier a list of murders in the town over the last 10-20 years and they were mostly either drug-related or domestic violence. The others seem to fall into the category of mindless violence, which this latest one also seems to. No real motive other than some sc**bag degenerate off their tits taking their anger out on some unfortunate innocent.