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Detectives investigating a shooting in the Rathfriland Road area of Banbridge in April, have made an arrest. Detective Inspector Handley said: “Officers conducted a search at residential premises in the Dromara area of County Down on Wednesday 19th June as part of the ongoing investigation, following a man in his 40’s who was shot in the […]
34 year old Shane Osborne was convicted on 8th February 2024 at Newry Crown Court in relation to two robberies and two burglaries which occurred in Newry between August 2022 and January 2023. He was duly sentenced at the same court today (Wednesday 19th June 2024) and will serve three years in prison and four and a half […]
A businessman who submitted fraudulent test results for 17 discharge consent applications has been fined a total of £4,250, plus a £15 Offenders Levy, at Newry Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that in November 2020, NIEA checks on the various applications submitted by Bernard Owen McKevitt (50) from Kellys Road, Newry, contained identical results for what […]
Detectives have named the man who was found dead in Crossmaglen on Saturday evening, 15th June. Michael McConville, who was aged 74, was found dead in a house in the Annaghmare Road area. Detective Chief Inspector Anthony Kelly from the Police Service’s Major Investigation Team said: “Officers responded to a report of the death of […]
Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Major Investigation Team have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man aged in his 70s in Crossmaglen. Detective Chief Inspector Anthony Kelly said: “Police received a report of the death of a man at a residential property in the Annaghmare Road area of the […]
Police are currently investigating an incident of Criminal Damage at a building site on Craigmore Way / View in Newry. Between 1700 hours on Friday 14th June and 0800 hours Saturday 15th June, a large number of windows have been targeted and smashed in roughly 30 unfinished properties on the site. We would appeal for […]
Police officers across Northern Ireland will be taking to the roads on unmarked bicycles, to raise awareness of cycle safety this month. Superintendent Gary Busch said: “During our close-pass operations, which were first trailed in 2017, police officers in plain clothes on unmarked bicycles equipped with cameras, will be supported by police motorcyclists to identify […]
A 20-year-old man has been charged after he was arrested in connection with a police vehicle which was deliberately rammed near Newry on Monday 10th June. He was charged with a number of offences, including two counts of aggravated vehicle taking causing injury and two counts of failing to stop where an accident occurred causing […]
Former Assistant Chief Constable Alan McQuillan has said he had been reliably informed the PSNI operated a practice monitoring Journalist and Solicitors phones for several years from about 2011. Mr McQuillan said: “This is so bad, so awful, there needs to be a public inquiry,” he said. He claimed hundreds of phones were being monitored […]
Two police officers have been injured after their response vehicle was rammed outside Newry earlier today, Monday 10th June. The officers were taken to hospital by ambulance and are currently receiving treatment to their injuries. Newry, Mourne & Down District Commander, Superintendent Norman Haslett said: “Any attack on our officers, who work tirelessly around the […]
Police can confirm a man, aged in his 20s, has died following a report of a concern for safety in Craigavon on Saturday evening, 8th June. The man entered the water in the Lake Road area shortly after 6pm and sadly, encountered difficulties. A multi-agency search operation was immediately launched involving police, Northern Ireland Fire […]
Police are appealing for information following a report of a robbery in Newry yesterday morning, Thursday 6th June. Sergeant Smith said: “Just before 11.40am we received a report that a woman aged in her 60s had been getting off a bus in the Chancellors Road area when she was approached by two men wearing balaclavas. […]
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