Crime

Two men have been arrested in Derry after a police pursuit across the city.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a creeper style burglary at a house on Lismacarol Road in Drumahoe sometime overnight Tuesday night, 24 July.

Concerns that young people are giving vulnerable street drinkers ‘Xanax’ type drugs have been highlighted by Sinn Féin Health spokesperson, Councillor Patricia Logue.

The area around Cregganburn Park is being “systematically destroyed” by youths lighting fires in the area over recent nights a local councillor has warned.

A 26-year-old man has been jailed for four months for driving offences.

A 27-year-old man is to stand trial at the city’s crown court accused of kidnapping, false imprisonment and assault charges.

A wanted man was arrested after a police officer identified him in a large crowd at a concert, a court has heard.

A judge has said that despite the furore about a border down the Irish Sea, when it comes to resources there is a ‘clear line down the Irish sea.’

A man allegedly kicked his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach and tried to pull her over the railings of a bridge, the High Court has heard.

A woman who spat at a doctor in Altnagelvin Hospital, hitting him on the shoulder, has received a suspended sentence.

Police fear a 37-year-old woman ‘will die’ if she is released on bail and does not get treatment for mental health issues, a court has heard.

Detectives investigating a shooting incident in the Sevenoaks area of Derry on Tuesday morning have arrested a 50-year-old man.

A vehicle believed to have been involved in a burglary in Newtowncunningham has been located by the PSNI in Derry.

There was not a single arrest in connection with Derry’s 10-day Maritime Festival despite an estimated 220,000 having gathered for the festivities, it has been confirmed.

Police in Northern Ireland have confirmed they are investigating a video reportedly showing a young man biting the head off a pigeon.

A teenager who bit her support worker on the arm breaking the skin has been refused bail at the local magistrate’s court.

A judge has said that burglaries, especially on the elderly, will ‘not be tolerated’.

A man charged with the murder of a three-year-old boy cannot apply for bail because a threat has been made against his life, a court has heard.