A mother of two told a court yesterday her 67-year-old neighbour destroyed her life and that she was now a prisoner in her own home.

The Co Tyrone home of convicted rapist Eamon Foley has been badly damaged in a malicious overnight fire.

A couple found dead after a fire swept through their home in the North may have been doused in liquid.

It is now thought the woman found dead at her home in Co Down last night had been murdered by her Co Donegal-born husband who also perished.