Woman attacked for refusing to provide false statement, court hears
A woman was allegedly attacked by her cousin for refusing to provide a false statement about a suspected bogus hijacking, a court heard on Tuesday. She claims to have lost consciousness after Scott...
View ArticleTeenager accused of spate of burglaries in east Belfast refused bail
A teenager was remanded in custody on Friday accused of a spate of burglaries and attempts to take two lorries in east Belfast. Matthew Trevor Wilson allegedly targeted homes and businesses in an...
View ArticleMan in court accused of raids on clothes shops and indecent behaviour in...
A man was remanded in custody on Wednesday accused of raids on clothes shops and indecent behaviour in a Belfast hospital. Gerard Joseph Magee also allegedly broke into a high-rise apartment...
View ArticleCase against alleged Samurai sword killer ‘being expedited’
The prosecution case against an alleged double killer is “being expedited” as fast as possible, a lawyer claimed on Friday. South Belfast man Albert Armstrong appeared at Newtownards Magistrates Court...
View ArticleAccused in samurai sword attack charged with second murder
A man accused of murdering a senior loyalist paramilitary with a samurai sword has been formally charged with the murder of a second man who died after the sword attack....
View ArticleBelfast man (20) remanded in custody after Antrim Road knife attack
A man has been remanded in custody charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in Belfast. Patrick Deeney, 20, is accused of taking part in a knife attack on a man in the north of the city on...
View ArticleBelfast man charged with second murder over Belvoir estate sword attack
A man accused of murdering a senior loyalist paramilitary has been formally charged with the murder of a second man who died in the sword attack....
View ArticleMan remanded over south Belfast carjacking bids
A man has been remanded in custody accused of car hijacking offences in south Belfast. Paul Reid appeared before the city's Magistrates Court to face a total of seven charges linked to incidents on...
View ArticleDoctor charged with murder of his mother in Belfast
A doctor has been remanded in custody charged with murdering his mother in Belfast. Declan Kevin O’Neill (27) appeared before Belfast Magistrates Court...
View ArticleBelfast doctor Declan O'Neill accused of killing his mum Anne
A Northern Ireland doctor has been remanded in custody charged with murdering his mother in Belfast. Anne O'Neill, 51, died after an alleged attack at a house in the Finaghy area of the city on...
View ArticleBelfast doctor accused of killing his mum Anne O'Neill remanded in custody
A Northern Ireland doctor has been remanded in custody charged with murdering his mother in Belfast. Anne O'Neill, 51, died after an alleged attack at a house in the Finaghy area of the city on...
View ArticleBelfast doctor Declan O'Neill accused of killing mum Anne
A Northern Ireland doctor has been remanded in custody charged with murdering his mother in Belfast. Anne O'Neill, 51, died after an alleged attack at a house in the Finaghy area of the city on...
View ArticleBelfast man Darren Scott accused of knife attack and attempted murder...
A man was remanded in custody on Monday charged with an attempted murder in east Belfast. Darren Scott, 39, is accused of carrying out a knife attack on another...
View Article‘We believe you harmed your child’: the war over shaken baby convictions
Expert witnesses who claim parents have been wrongly accused have been vilified and struck off. But the science is anything but certain. What happens to the truth when experts can’t agree? By Will...
View ArticleTeenager accused of burgling Belfast house while on crutches
A youth accused of carrying out a burglary on crutches had been shot six times in the legs, a court has heard. The 17-year-old is charged with breaking into a house in north Belfast on Friday, two...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View ArticleBelfast man Albert Armstrong given 14-year minimum jail term for samurai...
A Belfast man was told he will have to spend a minimum of 14 years in prison without parole for the sword murders of two men, including a leading UDA figure. Albert Armstrong, 47 of Mahee Close in...
View ArticleMechanic accused of Newtownabbey stab attack on woman remanded into custody
A man accused of stabbing of a 26-year-old woman in Glengormley has been remanded into custody. Stephen McFarlane (33), a mechanic, was arrested after a city-wide manhunt ended in a high-speed car...
View ArticleNewcastle stabbing: Man accused of attack near Tesco 'had stick with nails'
A Newcastle man was remanded into custody today accused of attacking a man outside a supermarket in the town. Standing in the dock of Downpatrick Magistrates Court sporting a severe black right eye and...
View ArticleVictim was slashed in the face with bottle, court told
A man was slashed in the face with a broken bottle after attending a New Year's Day house party in north Belfast, a court has heard. The 24-year-old victim needed 23 stitches for wounds inflicted in an...
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