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Leading psychiatrists disagree over mental state of father who killed son

Two senior consultant psychiatrists are in conflict over the mental state of a man who admitted to killing his two-year-old son, a court has heard. Dr Khuram Khan assessed Lukasz Czapla after his son Julius was found dead at his flat in Muirhouse in ...

28 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Crime & Courts

Self defence may be issue in trial of then-teen accused of murdering man

A jury may have to consider the issue of self defence in the trial of a then-teenage boy accused of murdering a drunk man who entered his home in the early hours of the morning, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Dean Kerrie (20) with an address ...

03 Feb 2022 at 16:33

Father of three ‘scared’ of neighbour months before fatal attack, court told

A father of three who was stabbed to death by his neighbour had spoken of his fears about what the man might do to him and his family just months before he was killed, a court has heard. Matthew Boorman said he was “very scared” of what Can Arslan ...

30 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Newsletter DerryNow

Karol Kelly died 'as a result of murderous attack'

The trial of three men charged with the murder of 35-year-old Karol Kelly in Derry on March 4 2018 has been told the deceased died as 'as a result of a murderous attack' carried out by the defendants. The comments came in the opening address by ...

04 May 2022 at 14:33

Stepfather did not call ambulance for boy because he was ‘panicking’, court told

A man on trial for murdering his five-year-old stepson has told a court he did not call for an ambulance or the police when he found him dead because he was “panicking”. John Cole, 40, denied lying about carrying out CPR on Logan Mwangi and ...

05 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Local News

Provisional date for Louth teenager Keane Mulready-Woods murder trial

Two men accused of murdering Drogheda teenager Keane Mulready-Woods have been given a provisional trial date early next year at the Special Criminal Court. Paul Crosby (25) of Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, Co Louth, and Gerard Cruise (47), ...

25 Apr 2022 at 21:33

Local News

Central Criminal Court hears of 'brutal death' suffered by Jasmine McMonagle

Mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle met a “brutal death” in her own home and was found by gardaí in a “pool of blood” after she was strangled and had “blows reigned upon her” by her "on and off" partner, a murder trial jury has heard. ...

20 Mar 2023 at 18:33

Date set for trial of man accused of Zara Aleena murder

A man will stand trial for the robbery, attempted rape and murder of law graduate Zara Aleena before the end of the year, a High Court judge has decided. Jordan McSweeney allegedly attacked the 35-year-old as she walked home from ...

19 Oct 2022 at 11:19

Man accused of killing wife ‘cried when police said she did not love him’

A hockey coach accused of stabbing his wife to death cried when police told him she had said she did not love him, a court has heard. Egyptian national Mohamed Samak denies the murder of 49-year-old interior designer Joanne ...

11 Feb 2025 at 17:42

Inishowen

Danielle McLaughlin’s mother to arrive in India for murder trial verdict

The mother of murdered Buncrana woman Danielle McLaughlin is set to arrive in India this morning, Tuesday, as the trial of her daughter’s alleged killer finally draws to a conclusion. Andrea Brannigan has travelled from ...

11 Feb 2025 at 07:33

Local News

Karol Kelly murder accused takes to witness stand

Sean Anderson, one of the men charged with the murder of Karol Kelly in Derry on March 4 2018, told the jury he could not believe it when he was told 'that boy's dead.' Brothers Gary Anderson (25) and Sean Anderson ...

25 May 2022 at 21:33

Local News

Teen boy took selfie with Offaly woman's faceless body after bludgeoning her with hammer

A teenage boy used a sledgehammer and a lump hammer to bludgeon 51-year-old Lorna Woodnutt to death before posting a video on Snapchat and sending a selfie with the victim's faceless body, the Central Criminal ...

22 Jul 2024 at 19:33

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