Northern Ireland

A serving PSNI officer has been charged over an alleged drink-driving collision on Christmas Eve. The 56-year-old woman has also been suspended. Police say it follows a road traffic collision in Lisburn on 24 December which has led to her being charged with driving with excess alcohol and driving without due care and attention.In a […] […]

A judge has listed a number of “failings” by the Police Ombudsman’s office (PONI) following an inquest hearing earlier this week. On Monday, Judge Philip Babington ruled that police were justified in using lethal force against Neil McConville when he was shot near Lisburn in April 2003, trying to evade police in a car, during […] […]

The PSNI has said it is aware of a Police Ombudsman investigation into allegations that a police officer shared photos of a dead body. An officer has been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. The investigation was first reported by The Irish News, which asked the ombudsman if an investigation had been launched over […] […]

A SERVING police officer has appeared in court accused of assaulting a boy. Standing in the public area of Newtownards Magistrates Court, Graham McMinn entered a not guilty plea to the single charge against him that he assaulted the male child on January 25 this year. Defence solicitor Kellie Morwood revealed that McMinn, whose address […] […]

A FORMER police officer facing misconduct allegations is to discover later this year if she is to go on trial. The case against Lesley Stock has been listed for a preliminary inquiry at Belfast Magistrates Court in December. Stock, whose address is given as Tennent Street PSNI station in the city, is charged with misconduct […] […]

A POLICE officer who abused his position to exploit a vulnerable drug addict has been jailed. Mark Goddard (36) will spend half his two year sentence in jail and the rest under supervised licence. At an earlier hearing, father-of-two Goddard and whose address was given as c/o Lisburn PSNI station, entered guilty pleas to two […] […]

A police ombudsman (PONI) report highlighting “significant investigative failures” around a sectarian murder 1993 contains a “catalogue of innuendo,” a former senior officer has claimed. Ombudsman Marie Anderson said the security forces response to the UFF/UDA murder of Damien Walsh, 17, in west Belfast was hampered by “collusive behaviours”. Among a number of serious allegations, […] […]

A solicitor has hit out at what he termed the ‘hysterical’ press coverage of a recent arrest operation which the PSNI and Gardai claimed was aimed at the INLA. Mr Ciaran Shields made his comments as a client of his appeared on 42 drug related charges. The man who cannot be named appeared at a […] […]

The police have apologised to 115 people – including dissident Republicans – after they were stopped and searched without correct approval. A “technical error” meant […]