https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/pictured-the-two-men-accused-of-murdering-ni-nurse-karen-cummings/a1627065329.html

Allison Morris

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Two men have been charged with the murder of children’s nurse Karen Cummings.
The 40-year-old was found unconscious in the Laurel Heights area of Banbridge on Saturday evening and was pronounced dead a short time later.

Both men will appear before Newry Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning.

One of the accused, 32-year-old Glenn King from Lurgan, was arrested on Sunday afternoon close to a cemetery at Dromore Road in the town. He has been charged with murder.

Kevin McGuigan Jnr (42), who was arrested on Saturday at the Laurel Heights property where Mrs Cummings was discovered with a serious head wound, is also charged with murder.

He is also charged with firearms-related offences and handling stolen goods.

Mr McGuigan is the son of Short Strand man Kevin McGuigan Snr, who was shot dead outside his Comber Court home in 2015.

Police said, as is usual procedure, all charges are reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.

Ms Cummings was a mother-of-two and a paediatric nurse at Daisy Hill Hospital. She had suffered a gunshot wound to her head. Vigils for the popular health care worker will be held in Newry and Banbridge on Thursday at 6pm.

Women’s Aid Armagh-Down are leading the vigil in Banbridge’s Solitude Park, while the commemoration in Newry will be held at Marcus Square in the city.

At a meeting of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council on Monday night, councillors spoke out at the increase in violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Fein councillor and Lord Mayor Sarah Duffy said: “Just last week we came together as a community in Lurgan to remember the 24 women whose lives were tragically taken due to violence [since 2020].

“It was a time to reflect, grieve and to recommit to ending violence against women and girls.

“We could never have imagined that just one week later we would be mourning another tragic loss of life, Karen Cummings from Banbridge, who was brutally murdered right here in our borough.

“This devastating loss has shaken us all to our core. Karen’s death is a painful reminder of the urgent need to address the epidemic of violence against women and girls.

“My heart goes out to her family, friends and all who loved her. Our borough stands with you all in your grief, and we will honour her memory by continuing to demand change.”

Alliance councillor Joy Ferguson said there was “strong cross party support to hold a community vigil to support women impacted by violence and to send a strong message of support to the family of Karen Cummings”.

Ms Cummings is the seventh woman in Northern Ireland to die violently in 2024.

Twenty-five women have been killed violently in Northern Ireland since January 2020, although Ms Cummings is believed to have been the first to have died from gunshot wounds.

DUP councillor Ian Wilson described the weekend’s news as “absolutely tragic”.

He said: “My heartfelt sympathies goes out to Karen and her entire family, especially her two children who are facing Christmas without their mum”.

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16 comments

  4. If you pay attention to crime news in NI it’s always the same names and families. I wonder what the place would be like if criminals were properly punished instead of being given free reign to act like scumbags over and over again

    https://archive.ph/l6LKr

  5. Have heard certain details from a good local source and they are absolutely brutal. I’m sure some details will be released but not sure. Her poor children.

  6. What the fuck actually happened? Gunshot to the head? And there was two of them? What the fuck

  8. A serious head injury indeed fuckin hell

    RIP 🙏🏻

  9. Fucking scum, lock them up and throw away the key.

    A lady who looked after and cared for so many, her children alone now coming up to Christmas and every Christmas after will be remembered only by the sorrow of their mothers cruel murder.

  11. His Da was a former Provo killed by the Provo’s for shooting Jock Davidson dead. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  12. Absolute scum, the pair of them. Hope they fucking rot.

    Poor Karen, and her poor kids right now. My heart goes out to them.

  14. There should be mass protests now held outside the courts for this woman and others. These judges need held responsible for letting these scumbags back onto our streets. GK should have been locked up for years for previous convictions but was let out on bail, time after time. Something doesn’t add up,

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