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Ballymote · March 09, 2020

Husband described strangling wife to gardai, murder trial hears

A husband described to gardai how his wife struggled to breathe as he strangled her after she came home from a night out, his murder trial has heard. Rafal...

Burnfoot · March 09, 2020 Also covered in Letterkenny

Student says double rape robbed her of last five years

(Pictured: Boakye Osei. Credit: Collins) A student who was raped by two Ghanaian men when she came back to their flat after a night out drinking has said the...

Killala · March 09, 2020 Also covered in Ballina

Woman went bankrupt and lost family home after BOI overcharging

A woman lost her family home and ended up being adjudicated a bankrupt after Bank of Ireland charged her over twice what she ought to be paying on her...

Lack · March 09, 2020

Pub burglar has sentence cut

A burglar who maintained that he only entered a pub looking for coffee before spotting “an opportunity for theft” has had his jail term cut on appeal. Romeo...

Sligo · March 09, 2020

'You are not free and will not do whatever you want': murder trial hears of husband's texts to wife

A murder accused husband texted his wife “you are not free and you will not do whatever you want” several months before he strangled her, a jury has heard....

Sligo · March 05, 2020

Husband denied killing wife because he was 'angry and jealous'

A man accused of murdering his wife told gardai "this is not truth" when it was suggested to him that he killed her because he was angry and jealous, his...

Lack · March 05, 2020

Trucker caught hauling €160k in criminal cash

A truck driver who was found transporting €166,000 in cash has been jailed for two years. Ryan Johnston (36), of Cedar Grove, Magherafelt, Derry, Northern...

Ballymote · March 04, 2020

Husband told gardai to look for '6ft man with red hair', murder trial hears

A husband on trial accused of murdering his wife told gardai to look for CCTV footage of a 6ft man with red hair who he claimed put a gun to his head just...

Carrickmacross · March 04, 2020

Cattle shot for public safety and disease prevention reasons, High Court hears

Bankruptcy trustee Mr Chris Lehane has told the High Court that five cattle were shot on the farm of a bankrupt in 2016 for public safety and disease...

Ballymote · March 03, 2020

Garda tells trial of moment he found missing mum's body

A garda found the body of a missing mum-of-three partially covered by tree branches and debri in a forested area after her husband told him “you go in there,...

Carrickmacross · March 03, 2020

Farmer claims he is 'haunted' by shooting dead of cattle by defence forces

The High Court has been asked to extend by up to ten years the bankruptcy of Co Monaghan farmer whose cattle were shot by members of the defence Forces in...

Drumcliff · March 03, 2020

'Hit team' member jailed after confrontation with armed gardai

A member of a "hit team" has been jailed for eight years by the Special Criminal Court for having a Beretta handgun and silencer after a confrontation with...

Lack · March 02, 2020

No intruders found after call to house linked to Gda Donohoe accused, trial hears

Gardai found no intruders when they responded to a report of a suspicious male at a house that has been linked to the man accused of murdering Detective Garda...

Ballymote · March 02, 2020

Mum-of-three went back to another man's house on night she disappeared, trial hears

A man took mum-of-three Natalia Karacyzn to his home in the early hours of the morning she disappeared before walking her home a few hours later, her...

Lack · March 02, 2020

'King of Mitchelstown' drank 20 pints on day he killed friend, court hears

A Cork man who killed his friend by repeatedly punching him in the head during a pub row after drinking 20 pints has been jailed for eight years for...

Sligo · March 02, 2020 Also covered in Lack

'Debt for equity' swaps can't be approved without creditor's consent, judge finds

(Pictured: Mr Justice Denis McDonald. Credit: Collins) The courts cannot approve what are known as debt for equity swaps' in personal insolvency arrangements...

Ballymote · March 02, 2020

Husband sent 'where are you' text to wife's phone, murder trial hears

Mum-of-three Natalia Karacyzn’s husband sent a text to her phone asking “where are you?” almost two hours after CCTV footage recorded her returning to their...

Carrick-On-Shannon · March 02, 2020

Six years for 'cloned' van racket is upheld

A man jailed for his role in selling “cloned” stolen vans online, which saw unwitting buyers being defrauded out of €50,000, has lost an appeal against the...

Donegal · February 28, 2020

Donegal man jailed for repeatedly raping school girl

A Donegal man convicted of repeatedly raping a teenage school girl when she was too drunk to resist has been jailed for seven years. Ms Justice Tara Burns...

Ballymote · February 28, 2020

Sister tells trial she saw CCTV of Natalia Karaczyn walking towards home

The sister of Natalia Karaczyn has told a jury how she viewed CCTV footage of the mum-of-three walking in the direction of her home after a night out, hours...

Lack · February 28, 2020

Receiver to get possession of property where man living rent free

A fund-appointed receiver has secured a High Court injunction granting them vacant possession of a property in Galway where a man had allegedly been living...

Sligo · February 27, 2020

New jury sworn-in for trial of husband accused of murdering wife

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife has been discharged and a new jury has been sworn-in at the Central Criminal Court. Rafal...

Ballymote · February 26, 2020

Woman tells trial of moment brother-in-law told her he killed sister

The sister of mum-of-three Natalia Karaczyn has told a jury of the moment her brother-in-law told her he killed her. Rafal Karaczyn (34), of Crozon Park,...

Ballymote · February 26, 2020 Also covered in Strandhill

'We forgive you,' woman told man who said he killed her sister

The sister of mum-of-three Natalia Karaczyn has told a jury how she told her brother-in-law “we forgive you” after he admitting killing her. Rafal Karaczyn...

Monaghan · February 26, 2020

'Peer pressure' saw witness lie about accused's whereabouts, trial hears

(Pictured: Witness Ms Jade Fitzpatrick. Credit: Collins) A witness in the trial of Aaron Brady, who denies the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian...

Sligo · February 25, 2020

Husband said he lay down with wife after killing her, murder trial to hear

A man accused of murdering his wife told gardai that he lay down with the mother of his three children for ten minutes after he killed her, a jury is to hear....

Sligo · February 25, 2020

Husband goes on trial accused of murdering wife

(Pictured: Trial judge Ms Justice Eileen Creedon. Credit: Collins) A jury has been sworn-in for the trial of a Polish man accused of murdering his wife in...

Ballyhaise · February 25, 2020

Former solider has jail time cut for abusing girls

A former soldier jailed for sexually abusing three young girls, including his stepdaughter, over the course of a decade, has had the final 12 months of his...

Mayo · February 25, 2020

Man accused of violent €50k extortion bid is granted bail

A man accused of attacking and falsely imprisoning a man in a Louth farmhouse before demanding £50,000 from him has been was granted bail at the Special...

Strokestown · February 24, 2020

Siblings facing jail in Strokestown eviction case

KBC Bank has been granted permission to bring proceedings which could result in three siblings being jailed over their alleged failure to comply with a court...

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