New year honours 2015: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas, plus military and police honours...
View ArticleShocking moment man is left fighting for his life after he was punched to the...
Shocking CCTV footage shows the moment a man was punched to the ground in the street and left with 'catastrophic' injuries that have ruined his life, a court heard. Michael English, 30, was locked up...
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 ArticleYoung man jailed for near-fatal bashing of elderly war veteran
A young man who launched a vicious, prolonged attack on an elderly war veteran has been jailed for at least 20 months. The bashing of Ian Gore, 82, was so severe that one of the ACT's most senior...
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 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 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 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 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 ArticleDark Shadows: Iran-Contra, Secret Wars & Covert Operations, Part 3
INTRODUCTION: This is the third of a five-part series exploring the Iran-Contra Affair and its consequences. Part 1 described the Reagan Administration’s secret wars and illegal arms deals exposed in...
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 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 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 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...
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