Suspect's mother and another man charged in Carrie Mullane case
While Michael Lynch has been charged with the murder of Carrie Mullane and one other offence, his mother was charged with withholding information and a second man is charged with two related offences.
DETECTIVES investigating the suspected murder of Carrie Mullane (Noonan) in the Enniskillen area charged a man to court this afternoon.
The man, aged 31, has been charged with withholding information concerning an arrestable offence and encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence, namely, murder.
He is expected to appear in Strabane Magistrates Court tomorrow, Thursday, November 12.
In a statement, PSNI said: "As is usual procedure, all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service."
On Wednesday, 69-year-old Mary Lynch, of Trasna Park in Enniskillen, appeared at Dungannon Magistrates' Court charged with withholding information from police.
MOTHER and SISTER
Carrie Mullane, a 39-year-old mother-of-four from Limerick was last seen after she got off a bus in Enniskillen on October 10.
After not hearing from her for several week,s Carrie's family alerted Gardaí and PSNI of their concerns and on November 2, police in Enniskillen issued an appeal about her whereabouts.
On Sunday past, 35-year-old Michael Lynch from Trasna Park, Enniskillen, appeared at Dungannon Magistrate’s Court charged with Ms Mullane’s murder and with preventing the lawful burial of a corpse.
Two other people, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 30s, were arrested on the same day on suspicion of murder and on Monday afternoon, PSNI investigators were granted additional time to question them both.
They have since both been charged with offences related to Carrie's murder.
INVESTIGATION
The police investigation has centred around a small boat and campervan belonging to Michael Lynch with the former sunk near Carrybridge, Co Fermanagh and the latter sold by Lynch for scrap.
Police recovered both vehicles and on Monday, a dive team recovered a body from Lough Erne near Tullyinishmore on Upper Lough Erne near Carrybridge.
The lead investigator issued a statement after the discovery of the body to say identification "may take a period of time."