Stories By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter
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Dungannon
/ 1 year agoChild cruelty charges after toddler found to have ingested cocaine and cannabis
A man has appeared in court accused of child cruelty offences after a toddler was admitted to hospital following a seizure...
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News
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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
/ 1 year 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...
