Police connect separate murders of two men in west Belfast

PSNI believe same two gunmen were responsible for deaths of Mark Hall in December 2021 and Sean Fox in October 2022

The horrifically violent" murders of two men who were killed almost a year apart in west Belfast have been formally linked by police. Both Sean Fox and Mark Hall were shot at close range in broad daylight, and detectives believe the murders were carried out by the same two gunmen.

Hall, 31, was shot dead at his family home in Rodney Drive, Belfast, on Saturday 18 December 2021. Two men approached the house and one fired shots through the front window.