Omagh man threatened to cut off partner's head in series of assaults, court told
A man threatened to cut off his partner's breast with a knife and also tried to choke her with a telephone cord as part of a terrifying series of domestic assaults, a court has been told John Anthony...
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 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 kicked in head in Belfast attack may need surgery for brain bleed, court...
A man allegedly kicked in the head in Belfast city centre at the weekend may have to undergo surgery for a suspected bleed to the brain, a court has heard....
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 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 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 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 ArticleMan hit by car he was allegedly trying to hijack back in court charged with...
A man hit by a car he was allegedly trying to hijack appeared back in court today charged with attempting to seize control of a bus. Kenneth Colwell, 23, is now accused of targeting the Translink...
View ArticleLawyers appeal in case of alleged loyalist facing 212 charges
A alleged former Ulster Volunteer Force commander facing 212 charges “can’t make head nor tail” of a huge body of redacted prosecution papers, a Belfast court has heard. Gary Haggarty’s lawyers claimed...
View ArticleMan remanded for beating partner with a crutch
A Belfast man accused of beating his partner with a crutch and his plastered foot and was refused bail on Saturday after a judge said it was “one of the worst types” of domestic violence he had seen....
View ArticleBelfast attack victim still can't say what happened to him, court hears
A man allegedly attacked in Belfast at the weekend is still unable to make a full complaint, a court has heard. A judge was told that the victim cannot yet provide a written account of what happened at...
View ArticleBelfast man accused of trying to poison girlfriend with tablets - 'the next...
A Belfast man accused of domestic violence allegedly forced his ex-partner to swallow tablets as he warned "this is the end for you," a court has heard. Newtownards Magistrates Court heard claims that...
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 ArticleBelfast man David Carlton accused of beating partner with crutch
28 March 2015 From the section Northern Ireland The case was heard at Newtownards Magistrates Court A Belfast man accused of beating his partner with a crutch and his plastered foot has been refused...
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 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 ArticleBail refused to alleged leader of paramilitary-style beating
An alleged ringleader in a so-called paramilitary-style punishment beating was refused bail on Wednesday amid fears he would interfere with the police investigation. Standing in the dock of Newtownards...
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...
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