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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

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 woman ...

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, December 4)....

04 Dec 2024 at 19:33

Woman’s sentence for allowing daughter’s death ‘not unduly lenient’

A mother who allowed her daughter’s death and then wheeled her body around in a pushchair will not have her sentence increased, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, 24, was jailed for 10 years in December last year ...

12 Mar 2025 at 13:12

Parents brand nursery worker who abused 21 babies ‘the worst kind of human’

Parents whose babies were abused by a nursery worker have condemned her “sickening” crimes and branded her the “worst kind of human”. Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, west London, admitted seven counts of cruelty to a person under the ...

26 Sept 2025 at 14:04

Local News

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 ...

02 Nov 2022 at 11:33

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

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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