Funeral for off-duty PSNI assault victim to take place in Banbridge this week

By Mark Rainey
Published 10th Mar 2023, 18:14 BST
Updated 10th Mar 2023, 18:39 BST
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Bannside Presbyterian Church in Banbridge will hold a service of thanksgiving for the life of an off-duty police officer who died after being assaulted in Belfast on January 29.

Colin Prime died on March 6 from injuries sustained during the incident in the Malone Road area of Belfast.​

A notice posted on the Funeral Times website on Friday said the service will take place at the church on the town’s Castlewellan Road at 2.30pm on Thursday, March 16.

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The notice said Mr Prime died “peacefully at hospital, surrounded by his loving family,” and added: “Family and friends welcome to share their condolences in Malcomson’s Funeral Home, Monday between 7pm and 9pm.”

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The three men who were arrested in connection with the incident remain on police bail.

At the time, a police spokesman said: “The assault occurred between 3.00am and 3.30am on Sunday, January 29 when Colin was waiting for a lift in the car park beside licensed premises.”