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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
A man is to be arraigned at the Crown Court in Derry next month after the decaying body of his father was found wrapped in a duvet and plastic sheets in a refrigerator in his home. John Garrett O'Sullivan (56), a PhD graduate in engineering, is alleged to have prevented the lawful burial of his father between July 1 and July 18 last year after police officers, following family concerns, entered the house.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
A cocaine dealer who was arrested following a police chase involving speeds of over 115mph, which forced oncoming cars to swerve out of his way, has been jailed for 40 months. Dylan Lockhart (28) committed the driving offences while on bail for a series of drugs offences. He previously pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine, cannabis and pregabalin and also admitted dangerous driving and driving while disqualified.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
Dylan Lockhart (28) committed the driving offences while on bail for a series of drugs offences. He previously pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine, cannabis and pregabalin and also admitted dangerous driving and driving while disqualified. At Londonderry Crown Court today, the defendant, from the Beraghvale area of the city, was also banned from driving for five years.
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1 month ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
A Co Donegal woman — once the recipient of a civic award in recognition of her cross-community work in Derry — has pleaded guilty to a series of financial offences involving the charity totalling £862,574. At her re-arraignment before Judge Neil Rafferty KC at the city’s Crown court, 61-year-old Wendy MacBean, from Railway Park in St Johnston, Co Donegal, admitted eight charges she'd originally denied.
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1 month ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
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1 month ago | 
sundayworld.com | George Jackson
bail refused | “He believes there would be a risk to his life and to his family”Londonderry Magistrates CourtToday at 13:36A man who admitted “dealing in drugs” after £62k wrapped in cash bundles of £1k was found inside and outside his home in Derry along with class A and class B drugs fears being threatened by Republicans, a court has been told.
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1 month ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson |Jonathan McCambridge
Violence orchestrated by New IRA to distract PSNI from dissident parade, court told as security company employee appears in dockThomas Joseph Moore has provided security at several events in the city, including a visit by former US president Bill Clinton, his solicitor said.
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2 months ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
A judge has remarked that it is “totally and utterly unacceptable” that a sentenced drugs offender is now being served food in HMP Maghaberry by his abusive father, who is serving a custodial sentence in the same prison for sexual assault against him. The disclosure was made at the Crown Court in Derry when Marc Villa (24), from Clon Elagh in the city, was jailed for 30 months for committing a series of Class A and Class B drugs offences between February and September 2022.
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2 months ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | George Jackson
The disclosure was made at the Crown Court in Derry when Marc Villa (24), from Clon Elagh in the city, was jailed for 30 months for committing a series of Class A and Class B drugs offences between February and September 2022. In his pre-sentence report prepared by a probation officer before he was sentenced today, Villa disclosed that he had been sexually abused by his father and that, based on his evidence, his dad, Stephen Harrigan, had been prosecuted and sentenced.
