CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
County Down farmer, Alan Wilson (56) from Lurgan Road, Dromore was convicted today at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for a water pollution offence. Mr Wilson pleaded guilty and was fined £750 plus £15 Offenders Levy and ordered to pay £960.64 as compensation to the DAERA as a result of a fish kill. The waterway impacted was the […]
Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade has welcomed the restoration of the NI Executive and urged all parties in Government here to work together for everyone in Northern Ireland. Edwina Flynn, President of Newry Chamber said: “The NI Assembly and the Executive is now back up and running after a two-year absence. During that time, […]
Monday 5th February, the Child Abuse Investigation Unit in Portadown arrested and charged a 39 year old man with non-recent child sexual abuse offences involving four female and two male victims between 1999 and 2009. He is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates court on 1st March 2024. As is normal procedure all charges are […]
A 37 year old man has been charged to court after a police vehicle was rammed a number of times in Newry on Saturday 3rd February. The man has been charged with a number of offences, including dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and using a motor vehicle without insurance. He is due to appear before […]
Superintendent Nigel Henry said: “Between Saturday morning and Sunday morning, 3rd and 4th February, across Northern Ireland, 25 police officers have been injured on duty, resulting in eight arrests for assault on police. “While thankfully no officers received any serious injuries and all were able to remain on duty, these assaults on our officers while […]
A 37 year old man was arrested after a police vehicle was rammed a number of times in Newry on Saturday 3rd February. Inspector Porter said: “Shortly after 11:20pm, it was reported that officers approached a man who was standing beside a white Peugeot van in the Castlekeele Estate area. The man then got into […]
Police have charged two men following a report of criminal damage to a vehicle in the Dobsons Way area of Bessbrook on Wednesday, 31st January. A 26-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon, assault on police, disorderly behaviour and resisting police. Meanwhile, a 27-year-old man has been charged with possessing an offensive […]
Police have arrested two men following a report of criminal damage caused to a vehicle in Bessbrook today, Wednesday 31st January. A report was received at around 11.15am that two males used weapons to smash the windows of a vehicle parked in the Dobsons Way area. Officers attended the scene. Two men aged in their […]
Detectives in Newry are appealing for information and witnesses following two recent burglaries in the local area. Detective Sergeant Lewis said: “At around 1.50pm yesterday, Sunday 28th January, police received a report that a house in the Ballinlare Gardens area had been entered by a male seen acting suspiciously in the area. “The suspect used a […]
Detectives are appealing for information following the report of two burglaries in the Bessbrook area of Newry yesterday evening, Saturday 27th January. Detective Sergeant Lewis said: “At approximately 11.25pm we received a report that the front door of a house in Riverside Crescent had been damaged and access gained to the property. “A quantity of […]
Detectives are appealing for information following the report of an aggravated burglary at a property in Newry in the early hours of this morning, Saturday 27th January. Detective Sergeant Lewis said: “At approximately 1.50am, it was reported that approximately 3 or 4 masked and armed men, one believed to be carrying a shotgun, entered the […]
SDLP MLA Justin McNulty said: “My thoughts are with everyone caught up in this security alert and forced from their homes on this wet evening. “Nobody wants to see scenes like this in their community and I hope that this alert is swiftly brought to an end and nothing untoward found. “There is disruption in […]
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