A MURDER suspect who has been extradited from Belgium is due to appear in court today.

Eugert Merizaj was brought back to the UK from Belgium in a joint operation between Cleveland Police, the National Crime Agency and Belgian police.

The 30-year-old is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court charged with with Hemawand Ali Hussein's murder in 2019.

Mr Hussein was found dead in a property in Hartlepool’s Charterhouse Street in September 2019.

He had been shot to the head in the property.

Earlier this year three men were jailed for their role in his death.

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