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THREE men have been sentenced over a kidnapping which saw a man taken from his home, driven across the Irish border and attacked with a crossbow in a five-hour ordeal. On October 3, 2020 PSNI officers received a call from Gardai that a man had been abducted in Donegal, bundled into a vehicle and driven across the border. Officers located the vehicle outside a property in the … [Read more...] about Three men sentenced over ‘horrific’ cross-border kidnapping ordeal

A FARMER has avoided an immediate spell behind bars after his cattle trampled a man to death and left his wife paralysed. Martin Howard Mitchell was given a six-month custodial sentence, which was suspended for 12 months following the incident on a farm in Netherton, Wakefield. Michael Holmes, 57, had been walking on a public footpath with his wife Teresa and their dogs on … [Read more...] about Farmer avoids jail after man killed and wife paralysed in trampling attack by cattle

DRUGS with an estimated street value of £100k were seized in a joint operation by the PSNI and the UK Border Force. Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit, working in partnership with Border Force officers, seized the suspected Class A and Class B drugs and made an arrest this week. “The drugs, detected during an initial seizure carried out in conjunction with our … [Read more...] about Cocaine, MDMA and ketamine worth £100k seized in joint operation in Belfast

POLICE have seized drugs worth £75k and £125k in cash following searches in Belfast. Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit conducted five searches in recent weeks relating to suspected money laundering activities and the supply of controlled drugs by suspected organised crime gangs in the greater Belfast area. Some £125,000 cash has been seized in total throughout the … [Read more...] about Police seize drugs worth £75k and £125k in cash in searches related to suspected money laundering

A MAN who subjected his former partner to a prolonged violent attack during which he stabbed her in the leg has been jailed for nine years. Jason McInerney attacked his ex while the pair were in Marbella in Spain. McInerney, 36, who is from Chessington in Hertfordshire, assaulted her over the course of several days in July 2023. He pleaded guilty to a charge of causing grievous … [Read more...] about Man jailed for subjecting ex-partner to ‘prolonged and violent’ attack over several days