Man appears in court charged with murder of Amy Doherty

Police at the scene in the Summer Meadows Mews area of Londonderry last weekend (Brian Lawless/PA)
Police at the scene in the Summer Meadows Mews area of Londonderry last weekend (Brian Lawless/PA)
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A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of mother-of-two Amy Doherty in Londonderry.

Connor McNamee, 30, of Summer Meadow Mews in Derry, was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon, a kitchen knife, and possession of a class A controlled drug, cocaine.

Court papers said the murder charge was aggravated by reason of involving domestic abuse.

He appeared at Londonderry Magistrates’ Court on Friday via videolink.

Amy Doherty
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Amy Doherty (PSNI/PA)

There was no application for bail and he was remanded in custody until April 23.

Police launched a murder investigation after officers were called to a property in the Summer Meadows Mews area of Derry on Saturday and found 28-year-old Ms Doherty badly injured.

She was taken to hospital where she later died.

Ms Doherty’s funeral took place on Thursday.

A vigil in her memory will take place later on Friday in Derry.

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