Police given more time to question man over Portadown murder

Rolandas Kvederis, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene in Ranfurley Road on Thursday night.
Police given more time to question man over Portadown murder

By Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association

Detectives investigating a murder in Portadown have been given more time to question a man.

Police received a report of an altercation at a property in the Ranfurley Road area shortly after 11pm on Thursday.

Rolandas Kvederis, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene.

An end terrace house which has a police car parked in the driveway, and police tape cordoning off the area
Police responded to a report of a disturbance at a property in Ranfurley Road, Portadown, on Thursday night (David Young/PA)

Two men had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The PSNI said detectives have now been granted additional time by a court to question a man aged in his 50s.

A second man, aged in his 50s, has been released unconditionally.

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