Tag Archives: BELFAST CROWN COURT

Taxi driver jailed at Belfast Crown Court for sex assault on teenage girl

A TAXI driver who sexually assaulted a teenage schoolgirl has been jailed for three years. William Torbitt, from Mayfield Heights, Newtownabbey, was taking the girl to a … more

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Judge McFarland jails a man who shoved a pensioner to his death

AN ill-mannered thug who shoved a grandfather to the ground as they were about to board a bus has been jailed for a year. Gareth Ashe … more

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Arsonist Robert Tweedie jailed for six for starting fire at north Belfast flats

  AN arsonist who set fire to two flats, forcing five people to be plucked to safety, has been jailed for six years. Robert Tweedie poured … more

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Police claimed James McGettigan was the man on the far right of this RAAD picture

A MAN who police once told a court was a “key player” in a republican drug vigilante group has walked free from court on Monday. James … more

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Dangerous on the run sex offender Joseph McCabe back behind bars on Wednesday

AN on the run sex offender who went missing for two months after his release from jail for brutally raping a pensioner in her home has been remanded … more

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Police came under gun attack during rioting in Ardoyne, north Belfast

TWO Belfast men are to stand trial in connection with a suspected gun attack on police, a judge has ruled. The allegations relate to shots … more

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Two men jailed at Belfast Crown Court for having loaded gun

TWO men found by police with a loaded gun in a car have been each been jailed for three years. Thomas Rooney, 23, and Cathal Kerr, 21, … more

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Two women during brothel raids in the Greater Belfast area

TWO women are to be deported to Sweden after they were arrested during raids on brothels across Greater Belfast. The raids were carried out during a joint … more

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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams giving evidence against his brother Liam

  SINN Féin president Gerry Adams has told a jury how he confronted his brother Liam over allegations he sexaully abused his daughter. Mr Adams, the … more

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Murder victim Paddy Harkin bludgeoned to death in a brutal hammer attack

THE family of a man battered to death with a hammer are angry that the killer will serve a minimum of 16 years in jail for the murder. … more

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