Crime

The PSNI have branded arsonists who started fires next to an oil tank at a family home in Derry “complete morons”.

The sudden death of a man in Derry is being probed by police.

Derry & Strabane Council is examining hiring additional Park Rangers to help towards combating anti-social behaviour and ensuring the safety of park users.

Detectives in Strand Road are appealing for information after a report of a burglary at a house in the Woodvale Road area of Eglinton.

A 42-year-old man arrested in Derry on Friday has been released unconditionally.

Police in Derry have labelled the person responsible for shooting a cat 25 times with a pellet gun as a "despicable excuse of a human being".

The PSNI has recovered what it describes as a "dangerous weapon" and a "quantity of drugs" during a stop and search Derry.

Those who pushed a man in his 50s to the ground and shot him three times in the legs in Derry “have no place in a city that is trying to move forward,” it has been claimed.

Those selling and using illegal fireworks have been urged to give local people a break after incidents of people, homes, cars and even family pets being targeted in Derry.

A man who kicked out at a police officer, striking him on the chest, has received a suspended sentence.

A 40-years-old man who attacked another man in his own home four years ago has received a suspended sentence.

A man who was abusive to police has been given a conditional discharge for 12 months.

A man who sent threatening messages to a woman, suggested he had passed her name and address onto a paramilitary organisation, a court has heard.

A man who bit a police officer on the leg, claimed that he had AIDS and laughed, a court has heard.

A teenager who robbed a city centre shop handed himself into police a week later.

Two men have appeared in court charged in connection with an incident in the Ballynagard Crescent area, in which a car was allegedly driven into a house.

A 38-years-old man who sexually assaulted a nurse and urinated towards her and another nurse in Altnagelvin Hospital, has received a suspended sentence.

A man accused of brandishing two knives towards a local councillor following an alleged domestic incident has been remanded in custody.