Paul Rowlands, a father-of-five from Cambridge in England, died after being assaulted in Portrush at the weekend, police say
A man who died after being assaulted near the seafront at Portrush, County Antrim at the weekend was 46-year-old Paul Rowlands from Cambridge, England.
Mr Rowlands was a father-of-five and a grandfather-of-one, and his family were "devastated" to learn of his death, a senior police officer has said. Witnesses have told police that the victim was drinking at the seafront with another man on Sunday night.Mr Rowlands was found on the ground at Bath Terrace by a member of the public at about 02:20 BST on Monday.The Police Service of Northern Ireland is treating his death as murder.Det Ch Insp Neil McGuinness appealed to anyone who witnessed an argument in the area on Saturday night, and who has not yet spoken to police, to contact them.
Detectives are keen to speak to anyone who was staying in the apartments overlooking Bath Terrace at the time of the attack.He had been due to return home to Cambridge at the end of July.The attack took place on one of the seaside town's busiest weekends when the place was full of day trippers and tourists.The community has been "completely shocked" by the attack. according to local SDLP assembly member, Cara Hunter.
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