Stories By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter
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News
/ 12 months agoHow did PSNI screen for trafficked victims in brothels without shutting them down?
The author of Northern Ireland’s Human Trafficking and Exploitation Act has challenged the PSNI to explain why in the course of...
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Lurgan
/ 1 year agoPPS again refuse to send sexual case to higher court despite judge concerns
The Public Prosecution Service has again refused to send a case involving alleged sexual offending to a higher court following a...
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News
/ 1 year agoExtradited man remanded in custody accused of sexually abusing child
A seventy-one-year-old man extradited under a European Arrest Warrant has appeared in court in relation to alleged child sexual offending. Jan...
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Lurgan
/ 1 year ago2023 worst year for GP surgeries handing back contracts to Department of Health
Figures obtained under Freedom of Information have shown 2023 has, to date, been the worst year for GP surgeries handing back...
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Dungannon
/ 1 year agoRefusing to send revenge porn case to higher court ‘sends out the wrong message’
Having previously heavily criticised the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) over repeated refusals to direct revenge porn cases to crown court which...
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News
/ 1 year agoFormer youth leader guilty of child sexual communication and indecent images offences
A former youth leader has been convicted of child sexual offences following a contested hearing where a judge repeated his previous...
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Armagh
/ 1 year agoFormer Armagh police officer accused of unauthorised computer access to obtain personal data
A former serving police officer is facing multiple charges of unauthorised computer access to computer material and unlawfully obtaining personal data....
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Dungannon
/ 1 year agoFurther twist in Charlotte Murray murder as man accused of perverting justice
A further twist has emerged in the Charlotte Murray murder case with a man now accused of perverting the course of...
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News
/ 1 year agoLifetime anonymity order overturned following successful press challenge
A Lifetime Anonymity Order granted by a judge on the basis a woman who deliberately caused thousands of pounds worth of...
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Dungannon
/ 1 year agoMan carried out sex act on himself in front of woman along River Blackwater walkway
A 29-year-old man who carried out a sexual act on himself in public at has been sentenced to a Community Service...
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Dungannon
/ 1 year agoAlleged dissident IRA member who previously absconded refused bail
An alleged high-ranking IRA member accused of terrorism-related offences has been refused bail after a judge found the previous record “suggests...
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Keady
/ 1 year agoHMRC cash forfeiture against Keady woman adjourned pending outcome of criminal case
A forfeiture application for cash seized from three people – two from Tyrone and one from Armagh – which is believed...
