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Pair charged with murder of five-year-old girl

Police at a house Fernagh Drive in Newtownabbey where the five year old girl died on Sunday.
Police at a house Fernagh Drive in Newtownabbey where the five year old girl died on Sunday. Police at a house Fernagh Drive in Newtownabbey where the five year old girl died on Sunday.

Two people have been charged in connection with the death of a five-year-old girl in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim.

The child died at a property in the Fernagh Drive area on Sunday.

Police last night said a 31-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman had been charged with murder.

The charges came after post mortem examination was carried out on the little girl who was reported to have died suddenly.

The pair have also been charged with causing GBH with intent and causing or allowing the death of a child.

They will appear at Belfast Magistrates court on Saturday morning.