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| Off-duty PC Neil Doyle murder suspect arrested | Off-duty PC Neil Doyle murder suspect arrested |
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| A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an off-duty police constable in Liverpool. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an off-duty police constable in Liverpool. |
| The suspect, 28, was detained after the death of Neil Doyle, who was attacked while off duty, near the Aloha Club in the city centre early on Friday. | |
| Merseyside Police said the suspect handed himself in and is being interviewed. | Merseyside Police said the suspect handed himself in and is being interviewed. |
| PC Doyle was with two colleagues when they were assaulted on Colquitt Street, during a Christmas night out. | |
| A line of inquiry for investigators is that the three men were attacked after being recognised as police officers, though a force spokesman stressed it was "not a set-in-stone motive". | |
| PC Doyle had been due to go on honeymoon with his wife Sarah, next month. | |
| PC Neil Doyle | |
| Speaking at a news conference, Chief Constable Sir Jon Murphy said: "On behalf of everybody connected with Merseyside Police, I extend our heartfelt and sincere condolences to his wife Sarah and the rest of his family. | |
| "The three officers were subject to an apparently unprovoked attack by a group of males. | |
| "Following intensive emergency treatment at the scene Constable Doyle was taken to Royal Liverpool Hospital, where he sadly died a short time later." | |
| Merseyside Police Federation chairman Peter Singleton said PC Doyle was "a good cop that any officer would be proud to call a colleague". | |
| "Neil was the kind of officer the police service is built on. This is devastating news," he said. |