CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
Sinn Féin has written to Causeway Coast and Glens councillor Cathal McLaughlin confirming his immediate expulsion from the party following his conviction for a sexual assault. A Sinn Féin spokesperson said: “Sinn Féin has written to Councillor Cathal McLaughlin upon receipt of information that he has been convicted in a Scottish court of a serious […]
Police are appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision on the Bessbrook Road, Mountnorris on Wednesday, 20th July. Sergeant Lawson said: “At approximately 8.25pm we received a report that a motorcycle and a tractor had been involved in a collision. “The motorcyclist, aged in his 20s, was treated at the scene for his […]
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a traffic collision in County Louth, Sunday the 17th of July, 2022. At approximately 3:30pm, Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a single vehicle collision involving a Motorcycle on the R173 between Carlingford and Omeath. The driver of the motorcycle, a man in his 60s was pronounced dead at […]
Police are appealing for information following a report of criminal damage which occurred at the Warrenpoint Road area of Newry. Sergeant Willis said: “On Tuesday 19th July, it was reported to police that damage was caused to outside equipment including flower beds, bins and a swing at premises in the area. The damage is believed to […]
Police have welcomed a guilty plea today, 19th July, from 39-year-old Richard Dimbleby at Dungannon Crown Court to 15 charges, including the making of indecent images of children and possession of extreme pornography. Sentencing is planned for 7th September 2022. Detective Sergeant Atkinson from The Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Child Internet Protection Team said: “Another guilty […]
A 17 year old male has been charged with 23 motoring related offences including four counts of dangerous driving, four counts of using a motor vehicle without insurance and causing grievous bodily injury by dangerous driving. He is due to appear at Newry Youth Court on Friday 5th August. As is normal procedure, all charges […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chair SDLP councillor Michael Savage has expressed his concern after a man was taken to hospital following fighting in Newry. Police attended the incident in The Mall area in the early hours of Monday. One man was taken to hospital for treatment to head and facial injuries. Councillor Savage […]
Police are appealing for information following a report of an assault in the Mall area of Newry in the early hours of Monday, July 18. It was reported shortly before 2.40am that a number of males were fighting in the street. Officers attended, along with colleagues from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, and one man, […]
Police are urging the public to be on their guard when booking holiday accommodation after a number of victims reported they’d been duped by a Facebook Marketplace holiday accommodation scam. The scam, which first came to light in May of this year, involves the fraudulent use of images of genuine holiday accommodation in Donegal to […]
Workers Party representative Nicola Grant has said that “the recent drugs seizures and subsequent arrests in the Newry and Armagh areas are both welcome and alarming”. “Drugs devestate working class areas. They bring misery and death to local families. They ruin young lives while funding criminal empires. Drugs, and the criminals who peddle and profit […]
Three people have been arrested following a proactive policing operation by the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s ANPR Intercept Team in Banbridge on Thursday, July 14. Inspector Michael Barton said: “The Intercept Team assisted by Neighbourhood Policing Team officers from Newry, Mourne and Down were conducting targeted patrols in the A1 area of Banbridge focused on […]
Loyalist spokesperson Jamie Bryson has spoken out on behalf of the Loyalist flute band at the centre of a viral video circulating on social media. The video depicts a man allegedly throwing a bin at a flute band as they marched down Agincourt Avenue, Belfast. Band members and members of the Orange Order are seen […]
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