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Father avoids jail for assaulting his five-year-old son
AN Enniskillen man who struck his five-year old child so hard he left bruising, and claimed to have exercised “lawful chastisement”, has been given a suspended prison sentence, for the second time, after committing a similar assault on his other child beforehand. The accused, who is aged in his thirties, cannot be named to […]
Police helicopter called in to deal with rooftop drama
A MAN hurled tiles at onlookers below during a roof-top stand off in Enniskillen which cost at least £8,000, the High Court has heard. Part of the town’s centre had to be cordoned off for an entire evening as police spent more than seven hours trying to get Mark Sheridan down, a judge was told. […]
Roslea man in court over ‘vulnerable’ woman
A fifty-two-year-old man has appeared in court accused of breaching a restraining order, by being in the company of a vulnerable woman. William Thomas Birney from Dernawilt Road, Roslea is accused of committing the offence on September 25. He initially appeared before Dungannon Magistrates Court on Friday (September 28) where bail was opposed. A […]
BUNDORAN TRAGEDY VICTIM IS SENTENCED
Rachel pleaded guilty just days before horrific crash ONE OF THE young people seriously injured in the tragic car crash in Bundoran last month has been sentenced in her absence after she had admitted to an assault charge prior to the accident. Rachel Elliott (25) from Rehal Road, Irvinestown, who remains seriously ill in […]
Jail for drunk driver who rammed gardai in getaway
A Fermanagh man has been jailed for 15 months after ramming a garda car in drink fuelled dangerous driving incidents at various locations in south Donegal last week. 34-year-old Brian Corrigan, Drumbroughas, Macken, County Fermanagh drove a stolen vehicle while drunk, with no insurance and repeatedly failed to stop for gardai who had to use […]
Man charged with horrific knife attack outside pub
A twenty-year old with over 100 convictions which include high violence has been refused bail for his latest spate of alleged offending. Connor Oliver Floyd of Killen Park, Enniskillen is charged with 18 offences from the same incident on May 11, and has been remanded in custody since. The charges involve possessing an offensive […]
Heartless thief who burgled home of 96-year-old
A 22-YEAR-OLD man has been warned to “expect a significant custodial sentence”, after pleading guilty to the burglary of a 96-year-old Lisnaskea woman and stealing cash. While there are other convictions on record for dishonesty, this was the second time an elderly person was targeted in their own home by the defendant. Dungannon Crown Court […]
Teen to fight lewd images of teachers charges
A TEENAGER is to contest charges in respect of alleged covert ‘upskirt’ recordings of two teachers at his County Fermanagh school. The accused, who cannot be identified, faces five charges involving two female alleged injured parties. He is accused of committing acts of a lewd, obscene and disgusting nature, outraging public decency by making covert […]
Husband to challenge expert evidence in murder case
The husband of a woman whose body was recovered from water following an alleged boating incident near Devenish Island, Fermanagh, is to challenge some expert evidence which has led to the charge of her murder. Defence lawyers made the disclosure as Stephen McKinney (42) who had been residing in Lifford, but remanded on bail to […]