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| Senior Progressive Unionist Party member Billy Hutchinson, a former assembly member, has been released from police custody without charge. | Senior Progressive Unionist Party member Billy Hutchinson, a former assembly member, has been released from police custody without charge. |
| He was one of seven people being held by police investigating the murder of north Belfast schoolboy Thomas Devlin. Six others remain in custody. | He was one of seven people being held by police investigating the murder of north Belfast schoolboy Thomas Devlin. Six others remain in custody. |
| Thomas, 15, was stabbed close to his home in August 2005. | Thomas, 15, was stabbed close to his home in August 2005. |
| Police believe his killers are from the Mount Vernon area, where Mr Hutchinson is a community worker. | Police believe his killers are from the Mount Vernon area, where Mr Hutchinson is a community worker. |
| The one-time MLA's arrest sparked a protest outside Antrim police station. | |
| PUP leader Dawn Purvis said that questions remained unanswered regarding Mr Hutchinson's arrest. | |
| "I would like some answers as to why the police felt the need to arrest him at all and why that information was leaked to the media?" she said. | |
| "Allegations such as those made towards Billy Hutchinson could be extremely damaging. I am glad that he has been released without charge". | |
| No-one has ever been charged with Thomas Devlin's murder. |