Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
MAN ACCUSED OF ‘ASSAULT KILLING’
30-year-old appears before court
BY DAMIEN EDGAR and
POLICE have named the man who died in hospital of head injuries suffered in an alleged assault as David Conville.
The 34-year-old was injured in an alleged attack at a house in Abingdon Drive in South Belfast on Friday at around 8pm.
He was taken to hospital for treatment, where he died in the early hours of yesterday.
A 30-year-old man was charged with manslaughter and appeared before Belfast Magistrates Court yesterday.
Edward James Kelly, of Felt Street in the city, was initially charged with grievous bodily harm.
The charge was changed to manslaughter after Mr Conville died.
No further details were revealed in court and Mr Kelly is due to appear via videolink again next month.
Officers from the PSNI’S Serious Crime Branch reiterated an appeal for witnesses to come forward.
Det Chief Insp Neil Mcguinness said: “The alleged assault took place at approximately 8pm outside an address
in Abingdon Drive on Friday, May 27. Officers attended, along with colleagues from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, and David was taken to hospital having sustained a serious head injury.
“Our inquiries continue and I would reiterate our appeal for anyone with information to come forward.”
South Belfast SDLP MLA Matthew O’toole expressed his condolences to Mr Conville’s family and friends after he passed away.
He added: “It is never easy to lose a loved one and I can only imagine what they are going through given these tragic circumstances.
“There is no place for violence within our community, this incident shows the extreme consequences attacks of this nature can have.
“And I’d ask anyone involved in this kind of activity to stop at once and think about what they are doing.
“This attack has cost a young man his life and deprived a family of their loved one.”
There is no place for violence within our community MATTHEW O’TOOLE LOCAL MLA YESTERDAY