Woman charged over Co Derry UDA investigation
A 52-year-old woman has been charged with a number of offences including possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life. She was arrested under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act by officers from...
View ArticleMan charged over Co Derry investigation into UDA
A 50-year-old man is due in court today charged with offences including possession of a firearm with intent. Police said the charges form part of an investigation into violent criminal activity of the...
View ArticlePaddy McDaid released after Raymond McCartney posts £50k surety
Dissident republican suspect Paddy McDaidA DERRY republican charged over a covert MI5 bugging operation has been freed on bail. Paddy McDaid secured his release after his cousin, former Sinn Fein MLA...
View ArticleMcLaughlin welcomes public consultation on Charlotte’s law
Charlotte Murray murdered by John Murray but her body has never been foundTHE SDLP’s Sinéad McLaughlin has welcomed a public consultation into a law-change that would consider killers’ decision not to...
View ArticleStephen McKinney handed 20 year term for wife’s murder
Stephem McKinney sentenced to 20 years without parole for the murder of his wife Lu Na McKinneyA man who murdered his wife on a family boating holiday in County Fermanagh has been told he must serve a...
View ArticleDerry man prepared to reject violence to achieve Irish unity
Derry dissident republican Gary ‘Musky’ HaydenA DERRY man accused of directing the New IRA is prepared to publicly disavow using violence to achieve Irish unity, the High Court has heard. Counsel for...
View ArticleThomas Friel death ‘not due to Army rubber bullet’
Thomas Friel died after he was struck by a ”missile’, says CoronerA DERRY man previously thought to have died after being hit with a rubber bullet was likely to have been injured by other means, a...
View ArticleLyra McKee murder: Paris film company offices searched by police
Journalist Lyra McKee shot dead in Derry in April 2019 by New IRA terroristsDETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Major Investigation Team probing he murder of journalist Lyra McKee, conducted a search of a...
View ArticleDerry dissident Joe Barr refused High Court bail
Derry Saoradh chairman Joe Barr (front centre) remanded in custody on IRA terrorist offencesA DERRY man accused of being a senior member of the New IRA has been refused bail, despite publicly...
View ArticleDerry dissident Joe Barr removed from jail wing
Derry Saoradh chairman Joe Barr (front centre) remanded in custody on IRA terrorist offencesA DERRY republican who disavowed violence during a High Court bail application earlier this week has been...
View ArticleHooded Men: PSNI ‘wrong not to investigate torture claims’
The surviving ‘hooded men’ who say they were tortured at Co Derry British Army base in 1971THE Supreme Court has ruled that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was wrong not to investigate...
View ArticleMan fined and banned from keeping animals for five years
The scene at Hassan’s home found council animal welfare officersDERRY City and Strabane District Council has welcomed the sentencing of a Derry man for animal cruelty. Paul Hassan of College Mews,...
View ArticleDerry lorry driver admits smuggling £5.5m cocaine haul
James Joseph Gray is one of three men who have admitted trying to smuggle £5.5m worth of cocaine – Credit: National Crime AgencyA CO Derry lover driver is facing a lengthy prison sentence after he...
View ArticleDerry republican Joe Barr fails in bail release
Derry Saoradh chairman Joe Barr (front centre) remanded in custody on IRA terrorist offencesA FRESH bail bid by Derry dissident republican accused Joe Barr has been refused. Barr (33), from St...
View ArticleRiot accused allowed back into Creggan
Patrick Gallagher and Jude McCrory on riot chargesTWO men accused of rioting on the night journalist Lyra McKee died are to be allowed back into the area where she was killed, a High Court judge has...
View ArticleTwo charged in Derry over drug seizures
POLICE in Derry say officers have arrested and charged two people after a drugs seizure. Police Derry City and Strabane Council say: “Following a proactive search by Ballyarnett Neighbourhood Policing...
View ArticleWoman to face Co Derry court over sex assault
Woman to face Coleraine court over sex attackA 29-year-old woman has been charged to a Co Derry court over a sex attack last months. She has been charged with sexual assault, two counts of kidnapping,...
View Article‘Gay cake’ complaint ruled inadmissible by European court
THE European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a legal challenge in a long-running dispute known as the “gay cake” case, ruling the action inadmissible. The judges said applicant Gareth Lee “failed...
View ArticleDerry parents welcome new inquest into death of Raychel Ferguson
Raychel Ferguson died as a result of failings in hospitalTHE family of a nine-year-old Derry girl whose death was examined in the Hyponatraemia Inquiry have welcomed a fresh inquest into her death....
View ArticleMan charged over Derry carjacking bid and assault on female
DETECTIVES in Derry have charged a 30-year-old man with attempted hijacking and attempted robbery following a report of an assault which occurred yesterday afternoon, Friday January 21st. Police...
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