Man charged in connection with fire at house with women and children inside

A MAN has been charged in connection with a “serious fire” which took hold at a house in Co. Tyrone earlier this week. PSNI officers were called to the blaze at a property in the Cunninghams Lane area of Dungannon at around 8.30pm on Monday, February 3. They arrived ahead of the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service, and used ladders borrowed from neighbouring homes to … [Read more...] about Man charged in connection with fire at house with women and children inside

A MAN found guilty of the rape and sexual assault of two woman in Liverpool has been jailed. Ewan Blair, of Brownlow Hill in Liverpool, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday and was sentenced to eight years in prison, extended to 10 years imprisonment as a dangerous offender. Blair, who is originally from Belfast, was also ordered to comply with sexual notification … [Read more...] about Belfast man jailed for rape and sexual assault of two women in Liverpool

A MAN who killed an off-duty police officer a decade ago has been sentenced a second time after admitting to being part of an organised crime group (OCG) and laundering up to £13m. Timmy Donovan, 40, was jailed for six years in 2015 after being convicted of the manslaughter of Merseyside Police constable Neil Doyle, 36, on a Christmas night out in Liverpool. After he was … [Read more...] about Man who killed off-duty police officer is jailed again for laundering millions for criminal gang

POLICE have described the actions of a gang of masked men who threatened a mother-of-five in her Co. Down home as 'utter cowardice'. The incident occurred in the Carrickmannin Gardens area of Bangor on Tuesday night and has seen police increase patrols in the area. Officers have spoken with the woman and a detective-led investigation into a report of intimidation has … [Read more...] about ‘Utter cowardice’: Mother-of-five threatened in Co. Down home by gang of masked men

POLICE are treating a report of an assault on a teenager in Belfast as a racially-motivated hate crime. The incident occurred at around 5.15pm on Monday, February 3, in Aughrim Park in the south of the city. According to police, a 17-year-old male was approached by a man who asked him 'a number of insulting questions before grabbing him by his coat'. "The teenager managed to … [Read more...] about Investigation after teen subjected to racially-motivated assault in Belfast