Donaldson represents a “very complex challenge to the Northern Ireland Prison Service”, Acheson added. “There are always hierarchies within prisons – and there are even hierarchies within sex offenders – and the lowest of the low and the most vulnerable in ter...
The judge also imposed indefinite non-harassment orders which prohibit Petrie from contacting his victims in any way, and ordered him to stay 100m away from any location he believes his victims may be. Petrie made no reaction when he was led from the dock by guards. Assistant Chief Constab...
A former flatmate of Russell Brand has told a jury that “sex was a huge preoccupation” for the entertainer. Andrew Dobson, who was in Bournemouth where Brand is alleged to have raped a woman, has been giving evidence on the fourth day of the trial. Brand, 51, faces seven charge...
Homes in Stanhope Street have been evacuated, with police cordons in place as Army bomb experts carry out an investigation. Nugent said: “I was just woke up with an explosion at just after three o’clock. [I] jumped up, trying to get the kids out. “There was so much smoke ...
ITV News says one of its undercover reporters was asked if he would consider standing to be a councillor, after spending time leafleting with Reform activists. He meets with the chairman of a local Reform branch in Chester, Ian Frost, who describes the meeting as “the first stageR...
A bipartisan group of US senators has signed a letter demanding an urgent investigation into reported disruptions to SpaceX’s Starlink internet network in Ukraine. Starlink is a vital tool allowing Kyiv to guide drones to Russian targets and protect its own skies, but on Tuesday nigh...
A teenager who travelled from Norway to the UK to carry out a “hit” for an organised crime group has been sentenced to 20 years detention. Johannes Natland, 19, was arrested in a hotel room in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with two working guns and 19 rounds of live ammunition ...
At about 18:00, Foster, his father-in-law and son walked towards an elevator and was playing with his son, said his lawyer, Alexandros Alexandrou. The court was told that as they approached the lift, the boy noticed a waterpark outside. It was said that Foster pushed the lift button, place...
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek praised the bystander who “heroically intervened” to stop further loss of life. “Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well,” she told a media briefing alongside other offi...
The BBC has witnessed Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and set fire to olive trees in the occupied West Bank. About a dozen settlers dressed in black charged down a hill near an outpost – illegal under international law – to a field where Palestinians and activists were harvestin...