Stories By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter
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News
/ 4 years agoSon charged with mother’s murder refused compassionate bail to attend her funeral
The son of a seventy-seven-year-old woman charged with her murder has been refused compassionate bail to be released from prison to...
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Dungannon
/ 4 years agoDelays in forensic reports ‘worrisome’ says judge in toddler murder charge case
A judge has expressed concerns over the length of time currently taken for forensic reports to be provided to courts, describing...
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Banbridge
/ 4 years agoFormer solicitor accused of stealing £73,000 from estate of deceased client to face trial
After numerous delays a former solicitor has been returned for trial on fraud and false accounting charges, almost 10 years after...
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Dungannon
/ 4 years agoMan denies cruelty charges after video showed child driving lorry on M1
A County Tyrone man is to stand trial on child cruelty charges which relate to a boy driving an HGV lorry...
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Dungannon
/ 4 years agoConvicted sex offender accused of plethora of high-level sex charges appears in court
A 28-year-old man has appeared before Dungannon Magistrates’ Court charged with multiple serious offences, which allegedly occurred while subject to a...
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Dungannon
/ 4 years agoReporting ban refused for police officer facing trial for sexual assault
Reporting restrictions have been refused in the case of a serving police officer who has been returned for trial on a...
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Dungannon
/ 4 years agoFormer police inspector admits possessing indecent child images just days before trial
A former senior police officer who previously denied multiple charges relating to indecent images of children, has changed his plea just...
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Newry
/ 4 years agoFormer children’s home house-parent who sexually abused boy granted lifetime anonymity
A former children’s home houseparent convicted of historical sex offences against a boy has become the second paedophile to be granted...
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Craigavon
/ 4 years agoCharges against man with IQ of child dropped after judge slams prosecution
All charges against a severely learning-disabled man have been dropped after a judge criticised the decision of a prosecution lawyer to...
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Middletown
/ 4 years agoKatie murder: Ombudsman says enquiries ongoing into PSNI investigation ‘failures’
The Police Ombudsman has confirmed enquiries are continuing into failures around the investigation into the murder of 21-year-old Katie Simpson. A...
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Dungannon
/ 4 years agoBail for man accused of assaulting child in McDonald’s Restaurant
A 27-year-old man has been released on bail after allegedly assaulting a child with whom he has struck up a friendship...
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Banbridge
/ 4 years agoJudge allows minor change to rape accused’s bail but refuses reporting ban
A judge has permitted a minor variation to bail conditions for a County Down man charged with rape but rubbished an...
