Updated 13.05
A man arrested over the suspicious deaths of three women in the same Northern Irish town has been charged with murdering two of them.
Leslie Ross, of Dromore, Co. Down, where the women all died, is accused of murdering Michelle Bickerstaff (47) in April last year and Margaret Weiss (50) in August 2007.
A file on the third death, that of Lily McKee (52), who died in December 2002, has been referred to the Public Prosecution Service.
Ross (66) has also been charged with indecently assaulting a woman between Jan 1979 and June 1990, and with committing an act of gross indecency with a child and indecently assaulting a female child between July 1979 and June 1990.
A detective sergeant told the court he believed he could connect the accused with the charges.
A lawyer for Ross said he had "categorically and vehemently" denied the charges during three days of questioning.
He was remanded in custody to appear before Banbridge District court again on September 19th.
Solicitor Conleth Downey says his client denies the charges:
Murdered women Margaret Weise & Michelle Bickerstaff
House attacked
Ross has been in custody since Tuesday, after he was arrested at his home by Police, who also removed a number of items from the house.
Reporters in court in Armagh heard Ross' lawyer ask police to confirm that since his arrest, and the subsequent media coverage of it, his client's house had been subjected to an attack in Dromore.
