The fatal shooting of a Belfast man by British soldiers during rioting in 1971 was unjustified, a coroner has ruled.

A "crucial" new witness has come forward to give evidence about the shooting of a Belfast man by British soldiers almost 50 years ago, an inquest has been told.

A Dublin man has been found not guilty of the murder of Kevin Kenny outside a pub in Inchicore more than three years ago.

Security cameras which could have captured the murder of a Catholic postman more than 12 years ago were not working when the gunmen struck, an inquest has been told.

SEVERAL serious crime investigations could be adversely affected by the decision of deputy state pathologist, Dr Khalid Jaber, to resign.

A Co Clare man who strangled a woman before dumping her body will be sentenced to life imprisonment tomorrow after being found guilty of her murder.

The deaths of a father and his two sons – one of them a professional rugby star - in a slurry tank accident in Northern Ireland must serve as a warning to the whole farming community, a coroner has urged.

Claims that a schoolboy who died on the rugby pitch was kept on too long because he was a good player have been branded “ludicrous” by his coach.

A schoolboy who died on the rugby pitch in Northern Ireland should have been taken off earlier, his mother told his inquest.

A pregnant mother-of-four was strangled to death in her home while her children spent the night at their father’s house, a murder trial has heard.

A PHARMACIST who bludgeoned a pensioner with a crucifix in a violent and drunken attack was jailed for life for murder in Belfast yesterday.

A SECOND postmortem was carried out yesterday on Olympic boxer Darren Sutherland after his body was exhumed from a cemetery in Co Meath.

The Derry man on trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of the mother of his unborn son has admitted strangling her, the court has heard.

A TERRIFIED schoolgirl made a frantic 999 call moments before she died along with six other family members in a house fire started by her father, an inquest has heard.

Relatives wept today as they listened to a harrowing 999 call made by a terrified schoolgirl moments before she died with six other family members in a house fire started by her father.

The jury at the trial of a Galway man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in October 2007 has been sent home for the night.

A Catholic man stabbed 12 years ago in the North was the victim of a sectarian killing, an inquest heard today.

A homeless teenage girl who died from an overdose of anti-depressants was banned from visiting her mother the night before her death, an inquest heard today.

A confession made by a Co Galway man convicted of the murder of an elderly woman over 25 years ago was the work of more than one person, a scientist told the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

The North’s State Pathology Department has achieved just half the recommendations contained in a major probe into its services more than a year ago, it emerged today.

Child killer Wayne O’Donohgue has been left devastated by claims his semen was found on the body of his 11-year-old victim, his solicitor revealed today.

AT THE Central Criminal Court yesterday, Mr Justice Paul Carney read aloud transcripts of testimony given by about 40 witnesses in the trial.

THE prosecution summed up its case against Wayne O’Donoghue yesterday, day nine of the trial. Shane Murphy SC addressed the jury. The following are extracts from this.

THIS is an excerpt of what Blaise O’Carroll SC, defending, told the jury in his summing up speech yesterday.

IT appears that Wayne O’Donoghue will not give evidence in the case where he is accused of murdering 11-year-old Robert Holohan.

On day eight of the trial of Wayne O'Donoghue who denies murdering eleven-year-old Robert Holohan, Dr Jack Crane, pathologist for Northern Ireland was called by the defence today.

STATE Pathologist Marie Cassidy agreed yesterday at the conclusion of the prosecution case that her findings corroborated the account of Robert Holohan’s death given by the man who denies murdering him.

ROBERT HOLOHAN photographed a poster on the bedroom wall of the man accused of murdering him in the early hours of the morning only days before he was killed.

State pathologist Marie Cassidy agreed today at the conclusion of the prosecution case that her findings corroborated the account of Robert Holohan’s death given by the man who denies murdering him.

A leading loyalist went on trial today charged with murdering a lieutenant of Johnny Adair during a bitter feud within the Ulster Defence Association.

A Co Down man involved in a fatal school-gate fight with a pupil’s grandfather had a string of convictions for violence, it was revealed today.

Two republicans suspected of the sectarian murder of a taxi driver in north Belfast were targeted in punishment shootings shortly after the killing, an inquest heard today.

A police inquiry into the death of a man who was found floating in Michael Barrymore’s swimming pool may have been hampered by a failure to spot crucial evidence at an early stage, it was claimed today.

TWO experts yesterday suggested that a man found floating in the swimming pool at television entertainer Michael Barrymore’s home may have been the victim of a sexual assault.