A man who had been charged with the murder of mother-of-one Hollie Thomson in Belfast has died 'suddenly'.
Christopher Morelli, 32, was found dead in a property in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, on Monday, March 6, reports Belfast Live.
A PSNI spokesperson said: "Police received the report of a sudden death of a 32-year-old man in the Annacloy Park area of Hillsborough on Monday afternoon. The death is not being treated as suspicious."
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Mr Morelli had been charged with the murder of 28-year-old Hollie Thomson after she was found dead at her home in the Greenan area of west Belfast on Sunday, September 11, 2022.
Morelli was granted bail at a hearing on November 4, and was bailed to an address in Hillsborough, Co Down, where he was found dead on Monday.
He had previously attempted suicide following Ms Thomson's death last year.
During a court appearance, preliminary medical examinations identified suffocation and fractured neck as a possible cause of Ms Thomson's death.
The court heard Ms Thomson had been out at a social club with Morelli on the night before she died.
When her sister went to the defendant’s home the following morning to ask what had happened, he was covered in blood from self-inflicted wounds and initially refused to answer questions, according to the prosecution.
Following Hollie's death there was an outpouring of grief among the community in West Belfast with the young mum being described as a "one of a kind" friend who would have brightened up any room with her smile.
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