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The PSNI asked retired Baptist Pastor Clive Johnston to leave the abortion clinic buffer zone in Coleraine on Sunday 7 July 2024.

Pastor to face charges in court tomorrow after sermon in abortion buffer zone

Mark Allen

Snooker star Mark Allen to be disqualified from acting as a company director

Fraud charges.

Belfast man charged over £1.5m banking fraud

Jake Bailey-Sloan who died in hospital following an incident in Portadown

Three people deny assaulting man who was fatally injured on a night out

Craigavon Area Hospital. (Pic: Google).

Hospital staff deny charges of ill-treating mental health patient

A5 campaigners, friends and families outside the high court.

A5 landowners' human rights violated by vesting orders, court told

Peter Dolan holding an image of his son Enda Dolan, at his home in Omagh. Enda was killed by a drunk-drugged driver in Belfast in 2014.

Roads campaigner slams two month ban for teen caught at 125mph

Laganside court complex. Image: Google

Man accused of sexually grooming teenager into meeting him

Ian Ogle who was murdered by a loyalist gang in january 2019

Three men jailed for 20 years for murder of Ian Ogle

Laganside court complex. Image: Google

Algerian teen accused of Belfast stabbing to undergo psychiatric assessment

Patrick McVeigh who was fatally shot in the Riverdale Park area of West Belfast in May 1972.

Veterans charged over Troubles shootings may mount bid to halt cases

IRA man Colum Marks, who was shot dead by the RUC.

Ombudsman slammed over verdict into killing of IRA man on mortar mission

Kevin Winters

Kevin Winters obtains order compelling 'X' to reveal identity of account holder

Antrim Magistrates' Court, sitting in Ballymena

Teenage driver hit speed of 125mph on the M2 motorway

Antrim Crown Court. Photo: Google

North Antrim farmer is fined £6,000 for illegal dump on his land

A5 dual carriageway upgrade campaigners outside the court today to call for the proposed improvements to go ahead

A5 plans breach greenhouse gas emissions goal for Northern Ireland, court told

​​Approving part of the £1.2bn A5 road upgrade allegedly breaches a legislative goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Northern Ireland, the High Court heard today.

Alan Erwin

Laganside court complex. Image: Google

Buckfast bottle attack in County Down town leaves man needing plastic surgery

Lisburn Magistrates court. Pic credit: Google

Attempted murder charge after man allegedly choked and punched partner

The man is due to appear before Lisburn Magistrates court on Monday. Pic credit: Google

Man is due in court charged with attempted murder after a domestic assault

The case was heard at Ballymena Magistrates' Court. Pic: Pacemaker

Jail for man who assaulted his partner including pushing her into nettles

The man with an address in Ahoghill, committed harassment between May and July last year, Ballymena Magistrates Court heard. Photo: Pacemaker

Man harassed former partner by sending one pence to her bank account

Police received a report that a man, armed with two knives, was attacking two women in Downpatrick at 08:30 GMT on Friday. Picture Pacemaker

Man appears in court over alleged attempt to murder two women in Co Down

Detective Chief Inspector Jill Duffie (right) and Detective Constable Walls outside Laganside Crown Court, Belfast, where former schoolteacher Judith Evans was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a number of sexual offences against a child. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Teacher jailed for sex with schoolboy a 'cold, calculating predator', say police

Stephen Weldon

Bare knuckle boxer jailed for attack on train conductor

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson leaves Newry Crown Court in February 2025 after an earlier hearing in ongoing proceedings against him. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Donaldson sex offences trial delayed as wife "unfit to stand trial"

John Hendron makes his first appearance in Belfast Magistrates' Court this morning charged with harassing DUP Minister Paul Givan and the former principal of Lisneal College

Man to admit harassing Stormont Education Minister and head of Lisneal College

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA), which represents criminal barristers, has withdrawn some services in recent months in a dispute over legal aid fees

Alternative provisions for defence services being considered, Long tells MLAs

Scoping work has begun on looking at "alternative provision" for legal defence services while industrial action by criminal barristers in Northern Ireland continues, Naomi Long has told MLAs.

By Jonathan McCambridge, PA

TV presenter and DJ Ryan Hand

TV presenter and DJ was twice legal limit when he crashed into another car

Laganside court complex. Photo: Google

Honey thief stole £1,000 worth in two raids on city centre store

Craigavon courthouse.

Co Down accountant admits defrauding more than £200,000 from church

Police metal handcuffs

Man (72) arrested under the Extradition Act for hate crime offences in Florida

Government plans for dealing with the legacy of the Troubles have come under fire in the Commons. Pictured is a loyalist mural in West belfast.

Actions of Troubles convicts prove reconciliation plans are flawed, says MP

Neil Beckett

Former school welfare officer jailed for sexual abuse bids to clear his name

David Edwards. Photo from PSNI

Family of crash victim praised as teen driver sentenced

Police ombudsman for Northern Ireland Marie Anderson at her office in Belfast.

Ombudsman reports on police collusion may require 'significant health warnings'

Structural engineers examine the scene after the 1998 bomb killed 28 people in Omagh. Photo: Pacemaker Belfast

Omagh: Stormont calls on Irish government to start own public inquiry

Pam Shearer (right) the biological mother of 25-year-old Denis Shearer, who was repeatedly bludgeoned to the head while he slept, outside Laganside Crown Court following the sentencing of Timothy Walker for the murder Mr Shearer in Bangor, February 2025.

Killer who attacked defenceless victim as he slept jailed for at least 15 years

The High Court in Belfast

Belfast man accused over 1,000 child abuse images which shocked detectives

Court date

Two men to appear in court over discovery of 'cannabis factory'

Scottish soldiers Dougald McCaughey, 23, was murdered in Belfast together with his colleagues John McCaig, 17, and Joseph McCaig, 18, on 10 March 1971.

'IRA man who triggered internment should be quizzed about six murders'

Man charged

Man charged with attempted robbery and possession of an offensive weapon

Antrim Magistrates' Court, sitting in Ballymena

Judge highlights interpreter cost in case of Polish man charged with voyeurism

Charlie Joyce was killed in a scrambler bike accident in Ballymena

Dangers of scrambler bikes highlighted at inquest for boy, aged nine,

Stephen-Lee McIlvenny who is to serve 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape, sexual abuse, blackmail, indecent images and assault involving three teenage boys.

Brutal child predator sentenced to 23 years in prison

Craigavon courthouse.

Two year jail term for Co. Armagh woman who knocked down and killed cyclist

Poster issued by Metropolitan Police with an appeal for more victims of Zhenhao Zou to come forward.

Forensic psychologist suggests how PSNI might probe Zou's time in Belfast

The High Court in Belfast

Father and son accused of having weapons found in bunker are to be released

The High Court in Belfast

Motorist who drove at woman 'panicked' after car attacked, court is told

Bodyworn camera footage of the arrest of Zhenhao Zou. The Chinese PhD student has been found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China between 2019 and 2023.

Consultant forensic psychologist says serial rapist may have offended in Belfast

Deborah Hanna, mother of trafficking victim Caitlin Hanna who died aged 21, pictured in her Belfast home with a photo of her daughter Carlin Hanna. Picture: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Police praise courage of Belfast human trafficking victims for speaking out

Laganside court complex. Photo: Google

Pair to face trial accused of having sex in grounds of city centre church

The case was heard at Ballymena Courthouse

Man who stroked shop assistant's hair given a four months jail term

Father Malachy Finegan.

£115,000 pay out for man who claimed he was abused by paedophile priest

Father Malachy Finegan.

£115,000 pay out for man who claimed he was abused by paedophile priest

Image showing the safe access zone (SAZ) surrounding Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. The red dashed lines denote the area in which it is illegal to 'influence' someone attending the premises. The zone takes in a number of private homes

Abortion protest-free zones 'could be unlawful on human rights grounds'

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