The husband of a Co Tyrone woman murdered by a serial sex offender has criticised the law in the North which gave the perpetrator his freedom to kill.

A rapist who abducted and murdered a pensioner on her way home from church was today told he would spend the rest of his life behind bars.

A convicted rapist who abducted and murdered a pensioner on her way home from church will discover today if he is ever to be freed again.

The son of a retired librarian abducted and murdered in the North by a convicted sex offender tonight demanded a public inquiry into how he was able to kill her.

A Northern Ireland MP today called for a full investigation into how a well known sex offender was able to murder a retired librarian.

A farm labourer was today convicted of murdering retired Co Tyrone librarian Attracta Harron.

A farm labourer accused of murdering retired librarian Attracta Harron today denied having any involvement with her.

The trial of a 23-year-old man charged with the murder of retired Co Tyrone librarian Attracta Harron is expected to last at least six weeks.

A woman hung herself as a direct result of sexual abuse during her childhood in Co Dublin, an inquest heard tonight.

So Solid Crew star Michael Junior Harvey has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service for violently attacking a police officer in January.

Hundreds of mourners today gathered at the funeral of a woman whose body was found last week after she had been missing for four months.

The funeral of murdered Tyrone pensioner Attracta Harron is to take place later today.

THE family of a woman whose body was found by police after a four-month search had not given up hope of her safe return.

Land near the home town of missing schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson was searched by police today.

A post-mortem examination is being carried out in Belfast today on the body of pensioner Attracta Harron, found hidden near a stream.

A police officer today told a court he was satisfied that Tyrone woman Attracta Harron was murdered.

A woman was arrested in Northern Ireland today by police investigating the disappearance of a retired librarian.

THE home of a man questioned about the murder of a missing retired librarian in Northern Ireland has been searched.

The home of a man questioned today about the murder of a missing retired librarian in Northern Ireland has been searched.

A man was today being held by detectives in Northern Ireland probing the murder of a retired librarian who has been missing for more than three months.

A murder inquiry was launched today into the mystery disappearance of a retired librarian in Northern Ireland.

The search for a Co Tyrone woman who has been missing for a month was intensified today.

Missing Strabane woman Attracta Harron may have been suffering from memory loss when she disappeared, her son claimed today.

Police in the North are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a 65-year-old woman from Strabane.

Gardaí searching for a missing Co Tyrone woman are investigating a reported sighting of the woman in Dublin.

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for help in tracing a 65-year-old woman who went missing in Co Donegal last week.

The search will resume later this morning for a Tyrone woman who has been missing since last Thursday.

Gardaí in Lifford, Co Donegal are appealing for help in tracing a missing 65-year-old woman.