CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
Today, Tuesday, 30 November, at Newry Crown Court, 41 year old Audrius Silinskas was sentenced to eleven years for two counts of rape of a woman. Detective Constable Mallon stated: “The woman in this case displayed immense courage in seeing this investigation through to a successful conclusion. I hope that her tenacity and resolution […]
Police received a report of criminal damage at the Dobson’s Way area of Bessbrook last night (Sunday 28th November). At around 10:40pm, it was reported that three men arrived in a silver Toyota Corolla car into the area and then exited the car. The men then damaged a red Citroen Berlingo and a silver coloured […]
Today Loyalist murderer Garfield Beattie has received a 15 months custodial sentence for threatening Aontú Deputy Leader Cllr Denise Mullen. Garfield Beattie was a member of the British Army’s Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve. He was also a member of the Glenanne Gang that murdered Denise’s father at their family home in 1975. Garfield Beattie had […]
SDLP Upper Bann MLA Dolores Kelly has welcomed a public consultation into a law-change that would consider killers’ decision not to reveal the location of their victims’ bodies. ‘Charlotte’s law’ follows a campaign by the family of Co Tyrone woman Charlotte Murray who went missing in 2012. The law has also received support from […]
Police, responding to the report of suspicious activity in Armagh, have arrested two men. Officers received a report from a couple in the Loughgall Road area of the town just before 6.15am today (Saturday 20 November), who believed that intruders had tried to enter their property. It’s reported that two males were outside the house, […]
Two brothers from County Armagh have been sentenced for tax fraud after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Patrick Carvill, 37, from Derrynoose and his brother Paschal, 28, from Middletown, set up and then closed a number of haulage companies between 2012 and 2016. The pair charged their customers VAT then closed the […]
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry and Armagh, Liz Kimmins has welcomed news of a seizure of drugs on the seafin road near Meigh in South Armagh.Liz said:“News that a large quantity of drugs has been seized by the Police in the South Armagh area is to be welcomed. “Drugs cause misery in our communities and have […]
Detectives are appealing for information following a report of an aggravated burglary at residential premises at the St. Matthews Estate area of Keady yesterday evening (Thursday 18th November). Shortly after 7:50pm, it was reported that three masked men entered a house in the area with one man armed with a baseball bat and one man armed […]
Detectives are appealing for information following a spate of burglaries at residential premises in the South Armagh area. Detective Sergeant Ritchie said: “Sometime between 8pm on Wednesday 17th November and 7:45am on Thursday 18th November, it was reported entry was gained to a house in the Monog Road area of Crossmaglen. It was reported that clothing and […]
Police have received a number of reports over the last few weeks across Northern Ireland, as fake TikTok accounts for local schools have been set up. These accounts have then posted images of school staff with inappropriate comments. Today, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has issued a letter to all schools in Northern Ireland, […]
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Fermanagh & South Tyrone MLA Rosemary Barton has condemned graffiti which appeared overnight in the Newell Road area of Dungannon threatening the Health Minister Robin Swann. Rosemary Barton MLA said; “The vast majority of people in Northern Ireland recognise the sterling job that Robin Swann has done as Health Minister throughout […]
Police in South Armagh discovered an underground cannabis factory and arrested two men (Wednesday 17th November). Inspector Corner said: “Shortly before 2:15pm, officers from Slieve Gullion South Neighbourhood Team conducted a search under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a property in the Seafin Road area of Killeavy. A quantity of suspected cannabis with an estimated […]
CLANRYE NEWS