Some charges against 'loyalist supergrass' Gary Haggarty to be dropped
Some charges against a so-called loyalist supergrass accused of a catalogue of murders and paramilitary crime are to be dropped, it was revealed. Gary Haggarty is no longer to be prosecuted for three...
View ArticleGang suspected of smuggling £1.5m of drugs into Northern Ireland told someone...
A Dublin-based gang suspected of smuggling nearly £1.5 million worth of cocaine and heroin into Northern Ireland warned someone would get "a bullet in the head" if the operation failed, a court heard...
View ArticleMan hid £4,200 of heroin in backside, court told
More than £4,000 of suspected heroin was hidden in the backside of a man stopped on a motorway, a court has heard. John Goodman (33) later passed a package believed to contain the drug in hospital...
View ArticleCastlewellan woman slashed in row over window blinds needs plastic surgery,...
A woman allegedly attacked with bottles by her former partner and her new lover in a row over window blinds requires plastic surgery, the High Court heard yesterday. The victim sustained deep and...
View ArticlePolicewoman suffers suspected broken wrist after challenging serial beggar in...
A policewoman suffered a suspected broken wrist after challenging a serial beggar in the centre of Belfast, a court heard today. She was taken to hospital for treatment to injuries sustained on Monday,...
View ArticleJailed: Man who beat up his own mum, then went on car crime rampage across...
A man who beat up and threatened to stab his mother in a row over his drug use and went on a car crime rampage across Greater Belfast has been jailed for five months. Matthew Morrison was also fined...
View ArticleBelfast men's prison sentences total 32 years for roles in 'cruel and utterly...
Two Belfast men were today handed prison sentences totalling 32 years for the roles they played in the "cruel and utterly senseless" murder of friends Caron Smyth and Finbar McGrillen. Shaun Patrick...
View Article25 March 2016 - 33 new listed buildings for Belfast - Durkan (Department of...
(Source: Department of the Environment) Environment Minister Mark H Durkan today announced 33 new listed buildings within Belfast City Council area. ~ Friday, 25 March 2016 These include eight...
View ArticleUniversity of Ulster graduations full list of results - December 16 2015
Full list of graduations from University of Ulster, December 16. ACCESS, DIGITAL AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ACCESS, DIGITAL AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION PRACTICE...
View ArticleMan accused of east Belfast assault threw one punch in self-defence, court hears
A man accused of inflicting serious head injuries to an assault victim in east Belfast threw just one punch in self-defence, a court heard on Friday. Dale Wilkinson, 32, returned home to Leicester a...
View ArticleMan produced air gun as he wanted police to shoot him, court told
A man allegedly brought an air gun into a Belfast hospital because he wanted police to shoot him, a court has heard. Samuel David Ferris produced the weapon and asked a receptionist in the Royal...
View ArticleFamily Notices A - F, Tuesday February 7
ARMSTRONG Share Go To ARMSTRONG, GEOFFREY - Died January 22, 2017, at hospital, in East Sussex, son of Canon J.T. Armstrong and Matilde (nee Larmor), and formerly managing director Old Bleach,...
View ArticleBelfast ban for rioting accused man as he and juvenile appear in court over...
A man and a juvenile have appeared in court charged in connection with nightly rioting at an east Belfast interface. In the dock at Belfast Magistrates Court was Gary Kirkwood, of Island Street in the...
View ArticleBelfast stabbing victim mistakenly targeted, court told
Police investigating an attempted murder - during which a man was stabbed in the chest with a broken bottle - believe the victim may have been targeted by mistake, it emerged yesterday. The theory of...
View ArticleMan jailed for life for killing homeowner with his car
Date Outline 04/10/2017 A 24-year-old homeless man has today been sentenced to life imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a mother and son at their family home...
View ArticleStabbing victim told police name of alleged attacker as he lay bleeding on...
A man fighting for his life after being stabbed in west Belfast named one of his alleged attackers as he lay bleeding on the ground, a court heard. Police also claimed Gareth Donnan followed the...
View ArticleBelfast man Bell accused of bid to murder cousins to stand trial
A man is to stand trial accused of trying to murder two cousins in Belfast, a judge has ordered. James Bell was allegedly involved in stabbings at an...
View ArticleAccused Lundy denied bail over theft of £2k from Belfast pensioner
An alleged burglar was remanded in custody accused of stealing nearly £2,000 from a 69-year-old man's home in east Belfast. Stewart...
View ArticleFrench man accused of exposing himself in Belfast remanded
A man was remanded in custody today accused of exposing himself and threatening two women with a crutch. Oliver Meriaux, 31, was allegedly on a Belfast street with his boxer shorts round his ankles...
View ArticleAlleged Belfast 'rapist' denied bail amid fears of attack by other prisoners
One of two men charged with raping a profoundly deaf woman in a west Belfast caravan must remain in custody, a judge ruled today. Francis Gavin's lawyer argued that he should be released amid fears of...
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