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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
A man who assaulted his former partner was handed a five-and-a half-month jail sentence today, but freed on £500 bail pending an appeal. At Ballymena Magistrates’ Court, District Judge Nigel Broderick told 37-year-old Lewis Boyd that given the domestic setting and that he assaulted his ex not just in her home, but also in front of their children, he had no doubt the custodial threshold had been crossed.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
A serial domestic abuser once jailed for attacking his former partner when she was pregnant has failed to appeal his latest prison sentence. Last month, Garion Hanna was handed jail terms totalling ten months after pleading guilty to eight offences, comprising four relating to a restraining order and four to a non-molestation order (NMO), on dates between January 22 and February 23 this year.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
Bully-boy barber with history of violence towards women jailed for latest attackJudge activates two-year suspended sentence for cowardJustice has finally caught up with bully-boy barber Gary Herron after a judge jailed him for two years. Activating an earlier 24-month suspended sentence, Judge Fiona Bagnall ordered it to begin after the current 10-month jail term the thug is serving.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
Jealous Dowson Jnr jailed after producing knife and punching then girlfriend during trip intended to save relationshipA son of far-right activist Jim Dowson has been handed a five-month sentence after he punched, kicked and threatened to kill his former partner.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
Woman beater given jail warning after escaping with a restraining order over reign of abuseJudge tells dad-of-one any more offending and he’ll be sent to prisonA woman beater has narrowly avoided jail for a 20-month campaign of domestic abuse and coercive control. Imposing a combination order as an alternative to prison, District Judge Nigel Broderick told Ian Kirkland: “Be under no illusion, this is a very serious case.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
Remanding Roy Kerr back into custody judge Rosie Watters adjourned the case to June and commented “you get something different everyday but there you go.” A triple would-be killer accused of assaulting two female prison officers told a judge today she should not hear his case because she was on his “hit list.” Appearing at Lisburn Magistrates Court by videolink from HMP Maghaberry and representing himself, Roy Kerr said that “obviously” he is denying the three charges of common assault,...
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2 weeks ago | 
irishtimes.com | Paul Higgins
A woman who murdered her abusive partner, repeatedly stabbing him while he was sleeping, has been ordered to serve a minimum of 12 years of her life sentence in prison. Sentencing Julie Ann McIlwaine (34) at Belfast Crown Court, Mr Justice Kinney told the mother of four that despite the fact she was bullied, assaulted and subjected to coercive control by Jim Crossley (38), “nothing can ever excuse the murder of another person”.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
A woman accused of shoplifting multiple times has been barred from every Marks & Spencer in the UK and Ireland, a court heard today. Initially Andrea Sugden was charged under her maiden name but when the 53-year-old appeared in the dock of Coleraine Magistrates Court, defence solicitor Patrick McGurk asked for the name on the papers to be changed to Butcher.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Paul Higgins
Jack Edward Dougherty appeared before Dungannon Crown Court where an additional three-year probation order was imposed on him. Judge Brian Sherard emphasised that the timing of the various offences overlapped as the 29-year-old, from Lisnaragh Road in Donemana, is already subject to a probation order.
