Stories By Tanya Fowles, Local Democracy Reporter
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News
/ 21 hours agoInsufficient grounds to appeal sex offender child cruelty sentencing say PPS
The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has concluded there are insufficient grounds to refer the sentence imposed on a father who seriously...
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Armagh
/ 3 days agoArmagh police officer sacked over unauthorised computer access handed fines in court
A former police officer who lost his job for accessing the PSNI computer system without authority and unlawfully obtaining personal data...
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Armagh
/ 4 days agoArmagh Lions share £16,000 from this year’s fundraising with three great causes
Armagh Lions Club have handed over a combined total of £16,000 gathered from this year’s fundraising events. During an informal evening...
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News
/ 4 days agoHow did PSNI screen for trafficked victims in brothels without shutting them down?
The author of Northern Ireland’s Human Trafficking and Exploitation Act has challenged the PSNI to explain why in the course of...
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Lurgan
/ 2 weeks agoPPS again refuse to send sexual case to higher court despite judge concerns
The Public Prosecution Service has again refused to send a case involving alleged sexual offending to a higher court following a...
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News
/ 2 weeks agoExtradited man remanded in custody accused of sexually abusing child
A seventy-one-year-old man extradited under a European Arrest Warrant has appeared in court in relation to alleged child sexual offending. Jan...
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Lurgan
/ 4 weeks ago2023 worst year for GP surgeries handing back contracts to Department of Health
Figures obtained under Freedom of Information have shown 2023 has, to date, been the worst year for GP surgeries handing back...
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Dungannon
/ 4 weeks agoRefusing to send revenge porn case to higher court ‘sends out the wrong message’
Having previously heavily criticised the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) over repeated refusals to direct revenge porn cases to crown court which...
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News
/ 1 month agoFormer youth leader guilty of child sexual communication and indecent images offences
A former youth leader has been convicted of child sexual offences following a contested hearing where a judge repeated his previous...
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Armagh
/ 1 month agoFormer Armagh police officer accused of unauthorised computer access to obtain personal data
A former serving police officer is facing multiple charges of unauthorised computer access to computer material and unlawfully obtaining personal data....
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Dungannon
/ 1 month agoFurther twist in Charlotte Murray murder as man accused of perverting justice
A further twist has emerged in the Charlotte Murray murder case with a man now accused of perverting the course of...
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News
/ 1 month agoLifetime anonymity order overturned following successful press challenge
A Lifetime Anonymity Order granted by a judge on the basis a woman who deliberately caused thousands of pounds worth of...