Stories By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter
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Portadown
/ 3 years agoDecision to reject bail for suspected Portadown paedophile branded ‘grossly unfair’
Despite police initially not objecting to bail for a suspected paedophile, although expressing concerns for his safety, a judge has remanded...
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Dungannon
/ 3 years agoSuspected firearm seized after ‘prolific offender’ crashed grandmother’s DLA car
A prolific offender currently on High Court for other serious matters has been refused bail after crashing his grandmother’s DLA car...
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Tyrone
/ 3 years ago£1.9million fraudster and cancer faker loses bid to appeal prison sentence
A County Tyrone woman who defrauded her employers out of £1.9 million and faked having cancer to continue funding her lavish...
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Dungannon
/ 3 years ago‘Long saga over’ as child cruelty case destined for Crown Court collapses
A cruelty case which was fraught with difficulty from the outset with a judge stating delay lay “fairly and squarely” with...
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Banbridge
/ 3 years agoRape accused returned for trial after judge blocks further delay
A fifty-two-year-old man charged with rape has been returned for trial, after a judge refused any further delay to facilitate the...
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Dungannon
/ 3 years agoMan avoids prison for making and possessing indecent child images
A 32-year-old County Tyrone man has avoided prison after being caught with indecent child imagery which included multiple videos in the...
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Armagh
/ 3 years agoArmagh driver involved in two high speed police pursuits in three days refused bail
A twenty-five-year-old man arrested following a police pursuit, had committed similar offences just three days beforehand in the same area but...
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Banbridge
/ 3 years agoIndecent child image accused released on bail despite police objections
A twenty-six-year-old man has been released on bail despite police objection, following arrest over alleged indecent child imagery. Appearing by video-link...
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Dungannon
/ 3 years agoCourt allows man awaiting trial for rape to go clubbing in Ibiza
A man aged in his twenties awaiting trial for rape has had his bail conditions varied to allow him to go...
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Armagh
/ 3 years agoPolice explore ‘honour’ element after woman snatched from Newry bus station
Police investigating an incident during which a woman was snatched from the street in Newry in broad daylight by male relatives,...
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Dungannon
/ 3 years agoVice-chair touched by Council’s support following grandson’s death as minute’s silence held
The Vice-Chair of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has thanked his colleagues for their support following the tragic, unexpected death of...
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Dungannon
/ 3 years agoMother and daughter remanded in custody after ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ drugs bust
A mother and daughter from Dungannon have been remanded in custody on charges relating to an ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ large-scale drugs operation,...
