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WATCH: Donegal based father who murdered his wife is jailed for a minimum of 20 years

Donegal based father Stephen McKinney has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison for the murder of his wife Lu Na McKinney. The 44-year-old Strabane native had been living in Convoy. He was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court on Thursday to ...

25 Nov 2021 at 16:31

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Judge rules material from Troubles documentaries be handed to PSNI for terror probe

The BBC is to hand over broadcasted and unbroadcasted material from a documentary series about Northern Ireland’s Troubles to the police as part of investigations into terrorist activity, a judge has said. An order was made at Belfast Crown Court ...

07 Apr 2022 at 17:45

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'A horrific death' - Derry man jailed for 18 years for setting wife on fire

A man has been sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison for murdering his wife by setting her alight in a car after throwing petrol over her. Thomas Rainey, 61, of Quarry Road in Knockloughrim, Co Derry, had pleaded guilty to the murder of ...

05 Jul 2023 at 15:04

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Veteran British soldier given suspended sentence for killing GAA player

A former soldier has been given a suspended sentence for killing a GAA player man at an Army checkpoint in Northern Ireland more than 30 years ago. David Jonathan Holden, 53, was sentenced to three years at Belfast Crown Court, but judge Mr ...

02 Feb 2023 at 15:12

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Shot by ex-soldier which killed man during Troubles was accidental, UK court hears

An ex-soldier who shot and killed a man in Northern Ireland during the Troubles insisted in police interviews he accidentally fired, a court was told. David Jonathan Holden, 52, is on trial at Belfast Crown Court accused of the ...

08 Apr 2022 at 15:48

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Long-awaited trial of former British soldier accused of Bloody Sunday murders to begin

The long-awaited trial of a former paratrooper accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday is due to begin at Belfast Crown Court. Soldier F, who cannot be identified, is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney when ...

15 Sept 2025 at 08:46

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'Brutal and horrific' - Woman who beat friend to death with hammer to serve 16 years

A woman who beat her friend to death with a claw hammer has been told she will spend at least 16 years in prison for the murder. Ludmila Poletelova, 61, was found dead at her home in Lodge Court, Limavady, in April 2021. ...

09 Mar 2023 at 14:33

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