Hundreds gather at vigil for murdered Co. Antrim woman

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By Rebecca Black, PA

A vigil has taken place in memory of a pensioner killed in Co Antrim last week.

Alyson Nelson, 64, was found stabbed at a property in the Victoria Avenue area of Whitehead last Saturday.

A man has appeared in court charged with a new offence of murder aggravated by reason of causing domestic abuse over her death.

On Saturday, an estimated 300 people took part in a vigil for Ms Nelson in Whitehead.

White ribbons were tied to railings on the sea front in her memory.

During the vigil, a statement was read from Ms Nelson’s family, in which they said she had been “robbed of her life under the cruellest of circumstances”.

Alyson Nelson

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