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4 days ago
Fate of suspect Pit Bull puppy Max to be decided in courts following different assessment opinions
The fate of a Dundonald dog on death row is set to be decided in the courts. The legal move comes as campaigners for ‘Max’ the suspect...


4 days ago
Long launches free legal support service for child victims of serious sexual offences
L-R: Victim Support NI deputy CEO Nichola Greene, Justice Minister Naomi Long, CSOLA Emma-Rose Duffy Children can now avail of an...


Jan 13
Public warned of real risk to health as NI woman convicted for unlawful possession of weight loss medicines
A 33-year-old Co Tyrone woman charged with breaches of the Human Medicines Regulations today received fines totaling £3,300 (plus...


Jan 7
First Northern Ireland statistics on domestic abuse prosecutions and convictions published
Justice Minister Naomi Long welcomes the first official publication of domestic abuse prosecutions and convictions statistics. The...


Jan 1
Man charged following aggravated burglary in Ahoghill
Ballymena Magistrates’ Court Detectives investigating the report of an aggravated burglary at a house in Ahoghill on Monday 30th...

Dec 12, 2024
Co Antrim man (56) jailed for sexual offences against underage girl
56-year-old Gary Thompson from Newtownabbey has been jailed today, Thursday 12th December for sexual offences against an underage girl at...

Dec 10, 2024
NI man sentenced after pleading guilty to 130 charges of sexual abuse
Sentenced: 55 year old David Andrews from Belfast Today, Tuesday 10th December, 55 year old David Andrews from Belfast, was sentenced to...


Dec 8, 2024
Man sentenced after pleading guilty to animal welfare and puppy breeding offences
Mr Nigel Hunter, Woodside Road, Ballymena, was sentenced at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on 29 November 2024, after previously pleading...


Nov 29, 2024
Police charge further three men to court following ramming and pursuit in Kilrea
Police investigating a vehicle pursuit, ramming and related offences in Kilrea on Wednesday afternoon, 27th November have charged three...


Nov 29, 2024
Woman receives custodial sentence for allowing dog to suffer and starve to death in garden
Penny Gove aged 37, of Linn Road, Larne was sentenced at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 27 November, after previously pleading...


Nov 29, 2024
Co Antrim woman sentenced after pleading guilty to allowing her two dogs to suffer
Tarra Stewart aged 31, formerly of Gardenmore Place, Larne was sentenced at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 27 November, after...


Nov 29, 2024
Ballymena catering supplies company fined £2,000
A County Antrim company was fined a total of £2,000 at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on 27 November 2024 for breaches of packaging waste...


Nov 28, 2024
Christian Brother (89) sentenced to 10 years for sexual abuse offences relating to multiple victims
Today, Thursday 28th November, an 89-year-old man from Belfast was sentenced at Laganside Crown Court. Paul Dunleavy was sentenced to 10...


Nov 25, 2024
Man set to appear in court charged with manslaughter of Tony Miskimmon in Antrim
Victim 74-year-old Tony Miskimmon A 21-year-old man, is due to appear before Antrim Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 26 November, charged...


Nov 25, 2024
Police hand over cheque to NI Children’s Hospice from cash seized from drug dealer
Police in Ballymena handed over a cheque for £1,735 to Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice last week, following a successful court...

Nov 18, 2024
Coleraine woman sentenced at Antrim Crown Court for drugs related offences
Forty-five year old, Lesley Ann Dunn was sentenced today, Monday 18th November, at Antrim Crown Court, after pleading guilty at an...


Nov 11, 2024
Fine and community service for owner of a dog that attacked a person and a dog
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has successfully brought charges under the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (as amended)...

Nov 6, 2024
Ballymena woman sentenced following six theft charges
A Ballymena woman was today, Wednesday 6th November, sentenced for six theft charges at Antrim Crown Court. Deirdre Anne McKeown, 57, was...


Nov 4, 2024
Pensioner assaulted in Antrim town faces slim survival chances
A 74-year-old man who was assaulted in Antrim town over the weekend now faces only a 1% chance of survival, Coleraine Magistrates' Court...

Nov 4, 2024
Male charged to court after attack on elderly man (74) in Antrim
Detectives investigating a serious assault on a 74-year-old man in the Station Road area of Antrim on Saturday, 2nd November have charged...
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