Stories By Tanya Fowles
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Tyrone
/ 2 months agoRow in court as brother of murder accused doused in boiling water
A row broke out in Strabane Magistrates’ Court ahead of a committal hearing in a murder case after the families of...
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Dungannon
/ 2 months agoWoman scratched eyes out of doll and sent it to relative who had suffered series of miscarriages
A judge has described the actions of a woman who sent a doll with the eyes cut out to a relative...
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News
/ 2 months agoPSNI confirm 11 officers failed highest level of vetting over last five years
The PSNI has confirmed a total of 11 police officers have failed Developed Vetting (DV) procedures over the last five years....
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News
/ 2 months agoCo Tyrone teen accused of blackmailing children for indecent images back in court after ‘mob arrived at his address’
A teenager accused of multiple charges of blackmailing female children into providing indecent images and inciting sexual activity has appeared back...
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Northern Ireland
/ 2 months agoMother of alleged sexual abuse victim calls on barristers to resume Crown Court work
The mother of a child who was the alleged victim of a serious sexual assault by a person of trust in...
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Dungannon
/ 3 months agoCase of choking partner and attempting to destroy unborn baby returned for trial
A case in which it is alleged a 27-year-old man strangled his heavily pregnant partner and attempted to destroy the unborn...
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Tyrone
/ 3 months agoTeen charged with blackmailing female children for indecent images
A teenager has appeared in court in relation to multiple charges of blackmailing female children into providing indecent images and inciting...
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Dungannon
/ 3 months agoDomestic abuse accused claimed he struck wife in self-defence in on-street attack
A man accused of domestic abuse charges including the most recent occurring during an attack in public has claimed he struck...
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News
/ 3 months agoEmployment status if PSNI officers under investigation for abuse of position revealed
The employment status of the officers currently under investigation, as detailed in the report Abuse of Position for Sexual Purposes (APSP),...
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Armagh
/ 3 months agoOmbudsman switches response around PSNI officers retiring while under investigation
The controversial system in Northern Ireland means police officers cannot be prevented from retiring if under investigation unless they have been...
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Tyrone
/ 3 months agoPPS update on former DCI attempted murder case branded ‘vacuous and meaningless’
A senior barrister has rounded on the Public Prosecution Service over delays in the case of the attempted murder of former...
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Armagh
/ 3 months agoTwenty serving and two former police officers currently under investigation involving 39 victims – all of whom are women
The publishing of a report by the Police Ombudsman into PSNI officers’ Abuse of Position for Sexual Purposes (APSP) has cast...