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Crime & Public Safety
Michael Malachy Quinn is to stand trial next year after being ordered to face prosecution over the murder of his Co Armagh neighbour, Michael McConville. Quinn denies the charge.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh man has pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of indecent photographs of children, according to a report by Armagh I.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh man accused of grievous bodily harm with intent appeared self-represented in Crown Court and was advised to find legal representation.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh man has been jailed following an assault on police involving spitting at an officer and urinating in a police cell van, according to a report by Armagh I.
Crime & Public Safety
The trial of Armagh All-Ireland-winning GAA footballer Aidan Nugent on sexual assault charges has been fixed for November.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
A 22-year-old Armagh man who led police on a high-speed chase, overtook several vehicles on the wrong side of the road and collided with another car has avoided an immediate prison sentence.
Crime & Public Safety
Time is running out for people with information about rural thefts across the South Area to claim a £3,500 Crimestoppers reward. The anonymous tip line is available until 26 September, and information must lead to an arrest and conviction.
Crime & Public Safety City Centre
An increased police presence and more community safety wardens are to be deployed in Armagh city centre following reports of vandalism, theft, abuse, threats and deliberate fires.
Crime & Public Safety Milford
A man escaped injury after a suspected petrol bomb was thrown through a window of a house in the Anne Street area of Milford, Armagh. Police are investigating the deliberate ignition and appealing for CCTV, dash-cam or other footage that could identify those responsible.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh couple have been returned for trial in relation to serious child sexual abuse and cruelty charges, according to a report from the Belfast Telegraph.
Crime & Public Safety Milford
A couple from Armagh have been returned for trial following multiple delays in a case involving serious child sexual abuse charges allegedly spanning two years and potentially involving joint enterprise.
Crime & Public Safety Milford
Police are investigating a suspected petrol bomb attack on a house in Anne Street, Milford, after a man was inside when the window was smashed and the device was thrown into the living room.
Crime & Public Safety
A County Armagh man is due to face a Crown Court trial after allegedly presenting himself as a property agent to homeowners in Turkey and America.
Crime & Public Safety
A Co Armagh man has denied stealing £3,500 in cash during an alleged burglary, according to a court report.
Crime & Public Safety
An 18-year-old Newry man accused of seriously assaulting a woman over the weekend has been granted bail after appearing at Armagh Magistrates’ Court.
Crime & Public Safety Loughgall
Police are appealing for information after a car was set on fire in the Bramley Court area of Loughgall at about 1.30am on Monday, September 7. Officers and firefighters attended, and the blaze was extinguished. Investigators believe a flammable substance was used.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
A woman from Markethill has been disqualified from driving after crashing her car and attempting a roadside breath test five times before being taken into custody.
Crime & Public Safety Richhill
A Richhill woman has been disqualified from driving after being found by police in bed holding three unopened bottles of wine following a hit-and-run incident. It was her fourth drink-driving offence.
Crime & Public Safety Cathedral
Families of three police officers connected to Armagh are among those receiving Elizabeth Emblem Awards recognising public servants who lost their lives in the line of duty during the Troubles.
Crime & Public Safety Cathedral
The family of Patrick Thomas Kerr, an Armagh prison officer shot dead after leaving St Patrick’s Cathedral with his two children in 1985, has received the Elizabeth Emblem for public service sacrifice.
Crime & Public Safety
Francis Martin Pascal McGuinness, of Railway Street, appeared at Armagh Magistrates’ Court after being accused of pouring paint on his neighbour’s car while wrongly believing she was a tout.
Crime & Public Safety
Seven people were taken to hospital after a serious four-car collision in County Armagh, with one person airlifted and two others cut free from vehicles.
Crime & Public Safety
A Co Armagh man has been jailed after recording details of police officers’ vehicles inside a PSNI station. A judge said the incident caused “upset and distress”.
Crime & Public Safety
A judge-led review will examine how the Parades Commission makes decisions after a High Court judgment quashed its determination on the Drumcree parade in Portadown, County Armagh.
Crime & Public Safety
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has called for a judge-led review of the Parades Commission after the High Court quashed restrictions on this year’s Orange Order parade along Portadown’s Garvaghy Road.
Crime & Public Safety
An Armagh teenager has been banned from driving for 18 months and fined after a 120mph late-night police chase ended in rural Ardress.
Crime & Public Safety Markethill
Two men have been arrested following a police pursuit that began on Gosford Road in Markethill during an anti-burglary operation. Both remain in police custody while enquiries continue.
Crime & Public Safety
A Northern Ireland Parades Commissioner has resigned after the High Court quashed restrictions imposed on the Drumcree parade, intensifying pressure on the body ahead of a fresh Portadown application.
Crime & Public Safety
Portadown District Master Nigel Dawson has called for Parades Commission chair Evelyn Collins to resign after a High Court judge quashed restrictions on the Drumcree march, citing major errors in the commission’s decision-making.
Crime & Public Safety
Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has demanded written assurances from the Parades Commission after a High Court judge quashed restrictions on the annual Orange Order march linked to Drumcree and criticised the body’s decision-making process.
