2005: Belfast stab victim McCartney dies

A 33-year-old man found stabbed in Belfast city centre has died in hospital, police have said.

The man was found unconscious in Cromac Street after a fight broke out in a bar in May Street yesterday.

He was Robert McCartney from the Short Strand area of east Belfast. One man has been arrested.

The police have launched a murder investigation. Another man, 31, was also taken to hospital with a stab wound.

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