Car-jacking accused is remanded in custody
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 seven charges linked to incidents on Wednesday....
View ArticleHomeless man attacked as he lay in a sleeping bag on Botanic Avenue in...
A homeless man was kicked and punched as he lay in a sleeping bag on a Belfast street, a court heard on Wednesday. The victim made no attempt to defend himself during an unprovoked and random attack at...
View ArticleBail for Orangeman charged with attempted murder
A prominent Orangeman has been granted bail after appearing in court accused of attempting to murder two people knocked down by a car during a riot in Belfast. John Aughey, (61), was released on the...
View ArticleWoman allegedly 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 ArticleWoman 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleBallymena man who held Samurai sword at partner's throat handed suspended...
A Ballymena man told his partner she better "sleep with one eye open" before he burst into her house and caused injuries to her neck with a Samurai Sword, Ballymena Magistrates Court was told. Steven...
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 ArticleAccused in court over stabbing of woman (26)
A man has appeared in court after a young mother was stabbed and left in a critical condition. Stephen David John McFarlane (33) appeared in the dock...
View ArticleUniversity of Ulster graduations full list of results - December 16 2015
Full list of graduations from University of Ulster, December 16. Share Go To ACCESS, DIGITAL AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ACCESS, DIGITAL AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER...
View ArticleCar stolen from Belfast grammar school pursued by police at 114mph, court hears
A car stolen from a south Belfast grammar school was pursued by police at speeds well in excess of 100mph, a court heard today. Two brothers were allegedly in the Honda Civic as it wove through M1...
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...
View ArticleTeenager who brandished samurai sword and hammer in north Belfast 'was just...
A teenager who brandished a samurai sword in north Belfast and told police he planned to frighten a man was just "fantasising", a court heard today. Andrew Cromie's lawyer said he also made up claims...
View ArticleStephen Carson murder: Anger in courtroom as alleged killers appear to taunt...
There was uproar in court today as two men appeared on a charge of carrying out a murder in south Belfast. At one stage the public gallery had to be cleared as relatives of victim Stephen Carson...
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