Tag Archives: Victim

A former music teacher at Erne Integrated College will not go to jail for sexually assaulting a child, a court has rule. David Baxter, 66, of Killadeas Road, Lisnarick had his appeal against his sentence upheld on Friday. In April he was given a four and a half months sentence …

A killer has had his prison term extended by four years for raping a woman at knifepoint in a laundry room. Cameron Woods, 27, targeted his victim in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 16 April 2023. He is currently serving an 18-and-a-half year sentence for fatally stabbing Robert Fisher, 26, three months …

Charlie Rose,South East home affairs correspondentand Joshua Askew,South East Kent Police Juska walked to a bus stop and told a passerby he had killed someone Warning: This article contains details some readers may find disturbing. A man who stabbed a sleeping family friend to death and then sexually abused her …

Mackey family John Mackey died in hospital two days after being attacked A mugger who murdered an 87-year-old man as he walked home with his shopping has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years. An Old Bailey judge decided Peter Augustine, 59, lost his temper during an attempt to …

The US will review green cards issued to the citizens of 19 countries after two members of the National Guard were shot by a suspected Afghan gunman in Washington DC. Immigration from Afghanistan has also been suspended indefinitely, the White House said, following the double shooting on Wednesday. Joseph Edlow, …

A Swiss woman has died in a shark attack in Australia – with her partner in a critical condition after trying to save her. It happened on Thursday at Kylies Beach in Crowdy Bay, near Port Macquarie, about 218 miles (350km) north of Sydney. Police said a passer-by who made …

Elystan Street The box of langoustines was taken from outside Elystan Street restaurant A thief has been caught on camera stealing a box of langoustines from the doorstep of a Michelin-starred restaurant in Chelsea. The delivery, said to have cost about £200, was on the doorstep of Elystan Street restaurant …

A woman has been convicted of killing another woman in Aberdeen after they confronted each other over infidelity claims. Dionne Wilson, 31, stabbed Sara Irvine, 34, to death in April last year. A trial heard that Ms Irvine’s boyfriend told her he was having sex with Wilson, leading to a …

PA Media Seven Charing Cross police station officers have been dismissed in the wake of a BBC investigation A Metropolitan Police constable who expressed discriminatory views about Muslims has become the seventh officer based at Charing Cross police station to be sacked following a BBC investigation. PC Sean Park also …

Two men who admitted restraining a father and beating him to death in Inverness have each been jailed for 17 years for his murder. Craig Hayden, 30, and Leon Headey, 23, killed Ross MacGillivray at a property in the city’s St Ninian Drive on 11 November 2023. The 36-year-old was …

A teenager who left a classmate with a bruise on the brain after attacking him with a mallet has been ordered to do unpaid work. Kian O’Neill struck the-then 16-year-old at Glasgow’s Clyde College’s Cardonald campus in October 2023 after the pair threw sawdust at each other during an altercation. …

David CowanScotland home affairs correspondent Lisa Petrie John Mcnab and his mum Lisa Petrie, who is now distributing kits to treat severe bleeding A mother whose son died in an alleged stabbing is distributing emergency “bleed kits” to save other people’s lives. Lisa Petrie’s 22-year-old son John Mcnab was fatally …

Facelab An artist’s impression of how the man may have looked A review of a decade-old murder case hopes to finally identify a victim whose remains were found dumped in a remote forest. Campers found part of a man’s skull in Clocaenog Forest, Conwy county, in November 2015, leading to …

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassment against a trans activist but guilty of criminal damage to their phone. The 57-year-old comedy writer, who had faced trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, denied both charges linked to posts made on social media and a confrontation at a conference …

At least 36 people have been killed after a fire engulfed several buildings at a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong. Hong Kong leader John Lee said another 279 people were reported missing. He said 29 people remained in hospital. About 900 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters after …

Juliette Parkin,in Brightonand Hsin-Yi Lo,South East Family handout Ellame Ford-Dunn was found dead in the grounds of Worthing Hospital in March 2022 An NHS trust has been fined £200,000 for failing to provide “safe care and treatment” for a 16-year-old girl who died on hospital grounds after fleeing her ward. …

Getty Images Londonderry Crown Court heard the victim sustained injuries to his face and head Two men who subjected a drunk friend to an unprovoked and sustained attack in Londonderry city centre have been jailed. Kieran Kelly, 27, who is from Derry but whose address was given as Maghaberry Prison …

A second person has been arrested in connection with a city centre shooting that left a 16-year-old boy with life-threatening injuries. The victim was found injured on London Road, Sheffield, at about 17:15 GMT on Monday and was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. South Yorkshire …

A Stormont committee has heard claims that Sinn Féin assembly member Carál Ní Chuilín’s son may have been involved in damage to a former Belfast lord mayor’s portrait. The allegation was raised during a meeting of the Executive Office scrutiny committee by Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) assembly member Timothy Gaston. …

A 13-year-old girl has been arrested following the fatal shooting a 16-year-old boy in Los Angeles County, California, police have said. Officers responded on Sunday about 5pm to a report of a shooting in the city of Pomona. They found a teenage boy suffering from a gunshot wound. He was …