A man accused of attacking a Chinese student in her Toronto apartment as her ex-boyfriend watched in horror via webcam from China has been convicted of first-degree murder.

A MAN accused of murdering a Chinese student made a brief court appearance just under a week since the victim’s boyfriend watched helplessly through a webcam as she struggled with an attacker.

A dishevelled man appeared in a Toronto court today charged with murdering a Chinese woman whose scuffle with her assailant was seen on webcam by her helpless boyfriend back home thousands of miles away.

Two unemployed brothers appeared in court today charged in connection with the murder in Belfast of a man brutally beaten while on his way to work in the kitchens of an Army base.

Two West Belfast men were remanded in custody today on charges connected to the death of a man on Christmas Day.