Stories By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter
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Dungannon
/ 2 years agoHighly vulnerable child remanded in custody as no beds available in secure unit
A judge has taken the unusual step of remanding a child in custody after being left with no option due to...
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News
/ 2 years agoPaedophile who subjected 14-year-old foster daughter to campaign of sexual abuse jailed
A man who carried out what a judge described as “a campaign of sexual abuse” against his foster-daughter has been jailed...
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Dungannon
/ 2 years ago‘That level of evil cruelty is disturbing’ as judge blast brutal revenge stabbing of horse
A judge has repeated his disgust at the actions of a man who repeatedly denied stabbing a horse, only changing his...
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Dungannon
/ 2 years agoThreat to self-harm sees interim reporting ban on naming child image accused
A man accused of possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornography, has been granted an interim order preventing publication of...
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Craigavon
/ 2 years agoJudge fury as PPS enquire if learning-disabled man’s condition could be treated
A judge has slammed the decision of a prosecution lawyer to seek a report on a severely learning-disabled man to ascertain...
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News
/ 2 years agoSentencing delayed after paedophile foster father refuses prison Covid test
Sentencing in the case a man who carried out what a judge described as “a campaign of sexual abuse” against his...
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Dungannon
/ 2 years agoMan facing cruelty charges after social media video showing child driving lorry on M1
A man has been returned for trial on child cruelty charges which relate to a boy driving an HGV lorry on...
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Dungannon
/ 2 years agoCaledon man to stand trial on serious violence and threats charges
A twenty-five-year-old Caledon man is to stand trial on multiple high violence charges arising from an alleged incident last year. Appearing...
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Dungannon
/ 2 years agoSpecialist pathology reports awaited in baby Ali-Jayden Doyle murder case
Specialist pathology reports are awaited in the case of murdered toddler Ali Jayden Doyle, Dungannon Magistrates’ Court has heard. The two-year-old...
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Armagh
/ 2 years agoKatie Simpson murder accused’s lawyers seek detailed update on case progress
Lawyers acting for the man accused of murdering Armagh woman Katie Simpson have called for a detailed update on the progress...
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Keady
/ 2 years agoCourt grants extension to detain cash after woman has £12,000 seized in Keady
A court has granted a further extension to detain cash seized during linked searches of houses in Keady and Cookstown. A...
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Dungannon
/ 2 years agoPair charged with litany of hate crime offences including GBH and damaging headstone
Two Dungannon men have been charged with a litany of offences against a male, some of which stretch back almost a...