Fresh appeal over strangled woman

Sex motive probed in murder hunt

Police investigating the murder of a young woman in County Antrim have said a sexual motive is one of their main lines of inquiry.

Shirley Finlay, 24, from Crebilly Road, Ballymena, was found strangled in Mount Street car park on 19 September.

Police want to hear from anyone who may have seen her in the Harryville area on Monday 18 September with a tall, dark haired man in his late 20s/early 30s.

They are also looking for her footwear and her jeans or black track bottoms.