Murder victim Robert Molloy Jones

A MAN has been remanded in custody charged with murdering a father-of-one in north Belfast last week.

Jordan Snoddy, 21, is accused of killing Robert Molloy Jones and having a wooden chair leg as an offensive weapon in public.

The 30-year-old died following an incident in the Parkmount Street area last Thursday.

It is understood that he had suffered a serious brain injury.

Snoddy, of Doonbeg Drive in Newtownabbey, faced Belfast Magistrates’ Court charged with his murder and possessing the chair leg in the vicinity of the attack.

Last Saturday, detectives from the PSNI’s Major Investigation Team were granted an extension to further question Snoddy at Musgrave police station.

District Judge Fiona Bagnall remanded Snoddy in custody to appear again by video-link on July 30.

Jordan Snoddy accused of murdering Robert Molloy Jones