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December committal hearing date fixed for eight men charged with murder of Lyra McKee

A date has finally been fixed for a mixed committal hearing to decide if eight men charged in connection with the incident in which the journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead should be sent for trial. Gérard Cavanagh (33) of Elmwood Terrace and Jordan ...

02 Nov 2022 at 15:52

National News

WATCH: Donegal based father who murdered his wife is jailed for a minimum of 20 years

Donegal based father Stephen McKinney has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison for the murder of his wife Lu Na McKinney. The 44-year-old Strabane native had been living in Convoy, County Donegal. Speaking outside Belfast Crown Court ...

25 Nov 2021 at 16:52

Northern Ireland

Man who doused wife in petrol and set her alight jailed for minimum 18 years

A man who threw a bucket of petrol over his wife and set her on fire inside a car has been sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison. Thomas Rainey, 61, of Quarry Road in Knockloughrim, Co Derry, had pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife, ...

05 Jul 2023 at 13:14

Local News

Derry woman returned for trial to crown court on drug charges

A woman has been returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on a series of drug charges. The woman who was granted anonymity due to the general threat in the Derry area appeared at a preliminary enquiry at the local Magistrate's Court today. She ...

29 Oct 2022 at 10:44

Local News

Derry Court: Man who drove off with police officer on car bonnet returned for trial

A man has been returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on charges linked to an incident where a police officer was carried on the bonnet of a vehicle. Adam McMonagle (29) with an address as Hall Lane in London appeared at a preliminary ...

24 Feb 2023 at 13:21

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County Derry man jailed for at least 18 years after being convicted of wife's murder

A County Derry man has been jailed for at least 18 years after being found guilty of murdering his wife. Thomas Rainey was sentenced today, Wednesday July 5, for the murder of his wife, Katrina Rainey. The 61-year-old, appearing ...

05 Jul 2023 at 12:28

Northern Ireland

MTV documentary footage filmed on day Lyra McKee was shot played at murder trial

Documentary footage filmed by MTV prior to the shooting of journalist Lyra McKee has been played at the opening of the trial of three men accused of her murder. Ms McKee, 29, died after being struck in the head by a bullet as ...

30 May 2024 at 15:23

Northern Ireland

Reservoir discovery saved murder victim’s family from being ‘robbed of burial’

The family of murder victim Roy Reynolds could have been denied the opportunity to bury him if a member of the public had not discovered his body, prosecutors have said. Mr Reynolds, 54, died after being beaten and stabbed ...

13 Mar 2024 at 13:13

Family of reservoir body murder victim living in midst of ‘unimaginable tragedy’

Northern Ireland

Man jailed for murder of victim whose body was dumped in reservoir

The family of a murder victim whose body was dumped in a reservoir in Co Antrim say they have found themselves “in the midst of an unimaginable tragedy”. Michael Campbell, 34, was jailed at Belfast Crown Court for a ...

13 Mar 2024 at 12:35

Local News

Pair returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on series of drug charges

A man and a woman have been returned for trial to Derry Crown Court on a series of drug charges. The pair, who cannot be named as they were granted anonymity due to the general threat existing in the city appeared ...

06 Dec 2023 at 14:30

Crime & Courts

Man jailed for arson attack that destroyed Derry nightclub

A man who told police ’I don’t like gays’ has been jailed at Derry Crown Court for the arson of a nightclub that resulted in damage estimated at a quarter of a million pounds. Polish national, Sebastian Prokop ...

24 Aug 2022 at 17:02

Northern Ireland

PPS received 600 rape files in past year in Northern Ireland

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in Northern Ireland received 600 files for suspected rape offences in the past year. The PPS has published a statistical bulletin of cases which revealed that in the ...

01 Dec 2022 at 13:36

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