Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Legacy Investigation Branch have today, Thursday 2 July, arrested a man in connection with the 1973 murder of Marian Beattie.

18 year old Marian’s body was found at the bottom of a quarry near Aughnacloy on the morning of Saturday 31 March 1973, hours after she had attended a charity dance nearby.

The suspect, who is aged in his 70s, was arrested this morning and remains in custody at present.