A crime gang spent more than £50,000 (€60,000) seeking clients for young prostitutes trafficked illegally into the North, a court heard today.

A 44-year-old man accused of murdering two British soldiers outside an Army barracks in the North left his DNA on matchsticks found in a partially burnt out getaway car, a court heard today.

The sectarian attack that saw a Protestant mob beat a Catholic man to death in the North could have been prevented by police, the victim’s family claimed today.

Six men appeared in court today in the North charged with the murder of Kevin McDaid who was killed by a loyalist mob.