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Man (34) charged with Lithuanian's Coalisland murder

Police forensics investigating the death of Gediminas Stauskas near Coalisland
Police forensics investigating the death of Gediminas Stauskas near Coalisland Police forensics investigating the death of Gediminas Stauskas near Coalisland

A 34-YEAR-OLD man is due in court charged with the murder of a Lithuanian near Coalisland in Co Tyrone.

Detectives launched a murder inquiry after the body of Gediminas Stauskas (32) was found on October 15 in a garage on the Moor Road, close to the M1.

The accused has also been charged in connection with two shootings last month in Newry, Co Down.

He faces two counts of attempted murder, as well as firearms, drugs and other offences.

He is due to appear before Enniskillen Magistrates Court.

In 2012 Stauskas was jailed for manslaughter after stabbing a fellow Lithuanian national to death in a car park "duel" in Dungannon town centre.

Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with two counts of attempted murder in connection with last month's Newry shootings.

He was also charged with kidnap, possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances and with intent to endanger life, as well as several drugs offences.

He appeared before Newry Magistrates Court on Saturday.

The charges are believed to relate to the shootings of two men shot in the legs in the Sandys Street and Armagh Road areas of the city on September 17.