Murder Appeal

PSNI appeal over nurse's murder
The PSNI today urged the killer of a nurse who was strangled in Co Antrim to hand themselves in.

Pauline Haveron (53), was found dead at her home in Ballyclare on April 18th.

One man who was questioned about the murder was later released without charge.

Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway, who is leading the investigation, said the killer should come forward to ease the suffering of her three children, who were numb with grief.

“You have caused terrible suffering to Pauline’s children,” Mr Galloway said. “They have been consumed by grief and have been struggling to come to terms with what has happened.

“You are responsible for taking away their mother whom they loved more than anything else. Your silence only prolongs their suffering. I am asking you to do the right thing. Come forward and speak to police.”

Detectives are trying to trace taxi and delivery drivers as well as people coming and going from work who may have seen a car or someone leaving on foot from the town’s Huntington area where the victim lived.

Mrs Haveron, whose funeral is being held today, had two grown-up sons and a daughter, who said she lived for her family and church.

“We are absolutely devastated that someone has taken our beautiful mother from us,” they said in a statement.

“Words cannot describe how extremely close we all were to her and, in times such as these, how we relied on her strength and advice.

“We miss her dreadfully and always will. While we feel that our lives are ruined and that it will be very hard to ever recover from this, it would give us some small degree of comfort if the person responsible could be brought to justice," they added.

“We appeal to anyone who knows anything about this to come forward and contact the police.”