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Drunk driver who killed child loses appeal
Friday, 4 December 2009
A drunk driver jailed for seven years for killing a 15-month-old boy lost an appeal against her sentence today.
Man dies after being shot in laptop robbery
Friday, 4 December 2009
A man working at a money transfer business has died after being shot in an apparent robbery for cash and a laptop.
Outrage as paedophile is spared jail for being too fat
Friday, 4 December 2009
A sex abuse charity has branded as unbelievable a court decision to free a church elder who sexually abused a child — because he was too fat to go to jail.
Fears of fresh bomb attack on Northern Ireland's Policing Board HQ
Friday, 4 December 2009
Dissident republicans who tried to blow up Northern Ireland's Policing Board HQ in Belfast are likely to target the building again, a senior officer warned yesterday.
'Good Samaritan' rapist due to be sentenced
Friday, 4 December 2009
A bogus good samaritan, who turned a lift home into a nightmare rape ordeal for a teenager, is due to be sentenced today.
Three held over man's murder
Friday, 4 December 2009
Three people were being questioned today in connection with the murder and abduction of a man found collapsed in the street suffering from fatal injuries.
Rappers jailed for pregnant girl murder plot
Friday, 4 December 2009
Kingsley Ogundele hatched a plan to kill the teenager with his friend Brandon Jolie, who was given a 14-year sentence.
Crook with 'Oliver Twist' upbringing jailed
Friday, 4 December 2009
A modern-day "Oliver Twist", who began a life of crime crawling through cat flaps to burgle houses at the age of eight, was jailed for seven years today for a string of terrifying robberies against wealthy women.
90 arrested in illegal Olympic worker crackdown
Friday, 4 December 2009
More than 90 people have been arrested after a crackdown on unlawful working at the 2012 Olympic Games site, the UK Border Agency said today.
Predatory paedophile loses rape sentence appeal
Friday, 4 December 2009
A predatory paedophile whose rape victim has never been identified lost his appeal against sentence.
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