Crime

The PSNI has identified a man whose body was discovered on a Northern Ireland beach last week.

Detectives investigating a petrol bomb attack in the Mossley estate in Newtownabbey have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

A new hard-hitting campaign which aims to highlight the brutal reality of so-called paramilitary-style attacks has been launched today.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder, grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

Prosecutors are considering whether a senior Sinn Fein strategist should face charges over consignments of guns smuggled into Northern Ireland after the 1997 Provisional IRA ceasefire.

A Belfast man killed in a house in the Ormeau area of the city was shot “from a range of less than two metres”, a jury has heard.

A 35-year old man who robbed a convenience store in east Belfast was handed a six-year sentence on Monday.

An 18-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with aiding and abetting a suspected rape in Belfast city centre.

Two Co Antrim men have pleaded guilty to involvement in a plot to buy guns over the ‘dark web’ unaware they were dealing with undercover police.

A former Sinn Fein MLA is to receive undisclosed compensation for being referred to as “a bigot” by an ex-DUP Assembly member, the High Court heard on Monday.

The mother of an IRA man shot dead by police has failed in a new legal bid to have the inquest verdict quashed.

One of the world’s foremost humanitarian groups has come under fire as the News Letter reveals the extent of its funding for a west Belfast group with alleged dissident republican links.

A man is being treated in hospital after suffering “serious injuries” during an altercation in west Belfast.

In the latest essay in our series, the former assistant chief constable CHRIS ALBISTON asks if the Human Rights Commission sought to compel people to speak when the terrorist campaigns were in full flight? (see beneath the article for a link to the rest of the series):

Police have described a robbery in which a gang of six men wearing balaclavas targeted a pensioner in his own home as ‘shocking’.

Police are appealing for information after two reports of burglaries at residential premises in Ballymena on Friday.

Police have issued an appeal for information after a man was attacked by four others wearing boilersuits and balaclavas and carrying hammers.

Police in Ballymena are appealing for shopkeepers to keep a look out for a stolen 1989 £2 commemorative Bill of Rights coin from a domestic burglary.