Seventh arrest made in connection with death of man in Bray

A man in his 30s was arrested by gardaí, and is being held at a Garda Station in the Wexford / Wicklow Division.
Seventh arrest made in connection with death of man in Bray

Michael Bolton

Gardaí investigating the murder of William Moorhouse have arrested a seventh person as part of the investigation.

A man in his 30s was arrested by gardaí, and is being held at a Garda Station in the Wexford / Wicklow Division.

Two males, one a juvenile and one in his 20s, who were arrested on Tuesday, have been released without charge.

A postmortem was carried out on 36-year-old William Moorhouse by State pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis on Tuesday.

The preliminary results were provided to the investigating team, but were not being released for operational purposes.

Following the results, gardaí said they had now commenced a murder investigation.

Gardaí appealed for witnesses to contact them. Anyone with information is asked to contact Bray Garda Station on 01 666 5300, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.

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