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 […]
€60,000 payout for children hurt in car accident
THREE young Fermanagh children injured when Canadian holidaymakers in a hire vehicle collided with the family car have each been awarded €20,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court in Dublin. Barrister Tony McKeown told Judge Karen Fergus that the children had suffered post-traumatic stress disorder as well as bruising and other injuries consistent with a […]
‘Crime gang’ link to £60,000 ATM robbery, court is told
FOUR men and a woman have appeared at a special court on Saturday charged with the theft of £61,340 from an ATM machine at a filling station at Trory, near Enniskillen. A fifth man was charged with posessing criminal property. A police witness told the court she believed the five were part of an organised […]
‘War veteran’ assaulted woman and trashed hotel room
A VETERAN of the war in Kosovo who assaulted a woman after a night socialising at Lusty Beg Island, and damaged a room at the hotel, has been given a suspended sentence. David Ferguson-Taylor (36) from Comer Road in Dundonald, Belfast, appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to criminal damage […]
Alleged burglar accused of breaking man’s jaw
AN IRVINESTOWN man who is accused of breaking a local man’s jaw during an alleged burglary has been denied bail over fears he may leave the country. James Michael Maughan (27) of Brownhill Meadows is charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm, one count of theft, and one count of burglary. It is alleged […]