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Dog breeder jailed for murdering girlfriend’s toddler daughter

An unlicensed dog breeder has been jailed for at least 20 years for murdering a 16-month-old girl. Kamran Haider, 39, attacked Nusayba Umar, causing catastrophic brain injuries, on September 13 2019. The toddler’s mother, Asiyah Amazir, called 999 ...

30 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Child cruelty offences increase by a third in Northern Ireland

The number of child cruelty and neglect offences in Northern Ireland has increased by a third in a year, police figures indicate. There were 681 such offences reported in 2021/22, an average of two a day, up from 506 in 2020/21. Of the 681, 255 ...

10 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Crime & Court

Father to be sentenced over 'truth or dare' sexual exploitation

A Donegal man will be sentenced this week for over 30 charges, including sexual assault, child cruelty and sexual exploitation of his two teenage daughters. The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of his daughters, faced ...

01 Nov 2022 at 12:33

Local News

Derry Court: 50-year-old man admits three counts of child cruelty

A 50-year-old man will be sentenced at Derry Magistrate's Court in September after admitting three counts of child cruelty. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victims in the case, appeared charged with three counts ...

03 Jul 2023 at 14:33

Crime & Court

Man and woman accused of child cruelty

A man and woman appeared before Portlaoise District Court charged with cruelty to children. Reporting restrictions were imposed in relation to the case which mean neither accused can be identified. The 34-year-old man and 36-year-old ...

05 Feb 2023 at 12:33

Local News

Two men wanted in Italy to serve prison sentences arrested in Derry

Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Local Policing Team based in Strand Road working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s International Policing Unit have arrested two men in Derry today (Wednesday, ...

04 Dec 2024 at 19:33

Three-year-old died from brain injury and burns, murder trial hears

A three-year-old whose mother is accused of murdering him died from a combination of a brain injury and infected burns, jurors have heard. Christina Robinson, 30, is accused of causing a fatal head injury to her son ...

07 Mar 2024 at 14:00

Murder-accused mother urges ‘Do not find me guilty of something I have not done’

A woman accused of murdering her three-year-old son has told jurors: “Please do not find me guilty for something I have not done.” Christina Robinson denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in ...

19 Mar 2024 at 12:16

Local News

Derry Court: Man (43) charged with child cruelty towards his own child

A 43-year-old man has appeared at Derry Magistrate's Court today charged with child cruelty towards his own child. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child admitted a series of ...

18 Jul 2023 at 14:33

Dad had ‘world turned upside down’ when four sons died in house fire

The father of four young boys who died in a house fire when their mother went to Sainsbury’s said his world “had been turned upside down”. Dalton Hoath’s two sets of twins had been left at home while ...

03 Oct 2024 at 16:29

Jury out in trial of mother accused of murdering toddler

The jury has been sent out to consider verdicts in the trial of a mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son. Christina Robinson denies murdering her son Dwelaniyah at the family home in ...

19 Mar 2024 at 16:12

Classmates’ tribute to ‘warm and generous’ boy who died after mother’s neglect

Teachers and classmates have paid tribute to “warm and generous” seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain, whose mother has been convicted of fatally neglecting him. “Incapable” Laura Heath deliberately ...

22 Apr 2022 at 15:25

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