Prosecutors in the North have applied to the Court of Appeal in Belfast to retry a man whose convictions for murdering two British soldiers were quashed.

A man found guilty of murdering two British soldiers in the North has had his convictions quashed.

Former Irish rugby international David Tweed was behind bars last night after a jury found him guilty of child sex abuse.

Disgraced former Irish rugby international David Tweed was behind bars tonight after a jury found him guilty of child sex abuse.

A jury at the trial of former Irish rugby star facing child sex abuse allegations has been told they could be discharged if they cannot come to an agreement.

Former Irish rugby international David Tweed has been cleared of one charge of indecent assault, but the jury is still considering 13 other allegations of child sex abuse.

A former Ireland rugby international was today cleared of one charge of indecent assault. The jury is still considering 13 other allegations of child sex abuse.

A former Ireland rugby international facing a string of child sex abuse allegations lived a lie, a court has been told.

Families of two murdered British soldiers have paid an emotional visit to the town where they died to unveil a memorial honouring their loved ones.

A dissident republican was convicted today of murdering two British soldiers outside an army base in the North.

A high-profile republican was cleared today of murdering two British soldiers outside an Army base in the North.

The partner of one of the men accused of murdering two soldiers has told a court today that he was not capable of the crime.

A man accused of murdering two soldiers refused to answer police questions because his solicitor was afraid their consultations were being monitored, a court has heard.

Controversial DNA evidence allegedly linking two men to the murder of two soldiers in the North is to be allowed, a judge ruled today.

Forensic evidence against two men accused of murdering two British soldiers in the North is reliable and proven, a barrister for the prosecution said.

Traces of DNA linking a man to the murders of two British soldiers are at most 100 billion times smaller than a gram, a court has heard.

DNA found in a getaway car used in the shooting of two British soldiers is almost six trillion times more likely to belong to one of the alleged murderers than someone else, a court heard.

Bullets fired in a terrorist gun attack that killed two British soldiers were of a make and date similar to those used in Provisional IRA shootings, a court has heard today.

Killer dentist Colin Howell has been given a five-and-a-half-year jail term for indecently assaulting five of his female patients.

KILLER dentist Colin Howell apologised to women patients he attacked in his surgery as he pleaded guilty to nine charges of indecent assault just moments before he was due to stand trial.

A mother held her hands over her ears as her policeman husband struggled for his life when her lover gassed him to death in his bed, a court in the North heard today.

The trial of a woman accused of the murders 20 years ago of her husband and her ex-lover’s wife has been delayed after it emerged her co-accused made a lengthy statement to police.

THE family of a murdered Catholic schoolboy hit out at the jail terms handed down to the Protestant gang which beat him to death.

The family of a murdered Catholic schoolboy hit out at the jail terms handed down today to the Protestant gang which beat him to death.

Four men guilty of the sectarian murder of a Catholic schoolboy in the North were sentenced to life imprisonment today.

A smuggler who swallowed cocaine has been sentenced to five years in prison.

A soldier who left the scene of a fatal road accident involving a pedestrian will face trial accused of perverting the course of justice, a court heard today.

A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE property developer allegedly threatened to drown his ex-lover after abducting her in a frenzied fit of jealousy, a court heard yesterday.

An ex-policeman who stabbed his lover to death in a frenzied and merciless attack was today ordered to serve at least 18 years in jail before he can be freed.

A retired PSNI officer was found by his daughter lying dead in pools of blood at his home, a court heard today.