Stories By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter
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News
/ 9 months agoAnother alleged child sex offender granted anonymity over self-harm threat
An interim reporting restriction has been granted for a man accused of child sex offence who it is claimed could self-harm...
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News
/ 10 months agoThere may have been a prior attempt of DCI John Caldwell’s life, court hears
A forty-four-year-old man has appeared before a special court sitting charged with attempting to murder Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell as...
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News
/ 10 months agoDefence highly critical of delay in DCI John Caldwell attempted murder case
A defence barrister has said it is “particularly shocking” the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) directing officer in the DCI John Caldwell...
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News
/ 10 months agoPolice officer with ‘Stormont Estate’ address admits perverting course of justice
A police officer with an address of the Stormont Estate – home of the Northern Ireland Assembly – has admitted a...
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Dungannon
/ 10 months ago‘Supreme being’ convicted of damaging electricity meter after contest over three hours long
A self-proclaimed ‘supreme being’ has been found guilty of criminal damage following a contested hearing in which he represented himself. Paul...
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Tyrone
/ 10 months agoFormer nurse loses appeal against jail term for mistreating patients but has sentence reduced
A former staff nurse has lost an appeal against a prison term for ill-treating dementia patients but has had the sentence...
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Tyrone
/ 10 months agoWoman returned for trial on child cruelty charges over eight year period
A woman in her forties has been returned for trial in relation to alleged child cruelty spanning an eight year period....
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Armagh
/ 10 months agoBail refused after suspected member of ‘The Firm’ claimed puppy chewed through ankle tag
A Portadown man with suspected links to organised crime gang ‘The Firm’ has been remanded in custody following a third breach...
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Newry
/ 10 months agoPPS drop appeal against judge refusal to treat attacks on war memorial as hate crimes
The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has dropped an appeal against a judge’s rejection that charges relating to the desecration of a...
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Dungannon
/ 10 months agoCourt hears claims of serious sexual attack in which woman pinned down punched and bitten
A forty-eight-year-old man has been refused bail after allegedly subjecting a woman he had only just met to a serious sexual...
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Dungannon
/ 10 months agoMan admits withholding information in savage murder of Pat Ward
A man has admitted withholding information in respect of the savage murder of Pat Ward, which occurred five years ago next...
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News
/ 10 months agoYour consumer rights if your flight or ferry was cancelled due to Storm Isha
The Consumer Council has issued guidance about rights if your flight or ferry service was cancelled due to Storm Isha, it...