A father of one who strangled the mother of his unborn son has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of her murder.

A 39-year-old Derry man has today been convicted of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend.

A lawyer for a Derry man who strangled his ex-girlfriend to death has asked a jury to find him guilty of manslaughter and not murder.

A sock containing the saliva of the alleged victim in a murder trial was discovered by the bed where the pregnant mother-of-four was found strangled.

A man charged with murdering the mother of his unborn son threatened to smash a phone over her head a couple of weeks before she died, his trial has heard.

The neighbour of a pregnant mother-of-four strangled to death in her home heard "wailing" coming from her house on the night of the killing, a murder trial has heard.

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 man accused of murdering his pregnant ex girlfriend could face a retrial after a jury today failed to reach a verdict.

The jury in the trial of a Derry man charged with murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend has gone home for a second night after a day and a half deliberating.

The jury in the trial of a Derry man charged with murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend will resume deliberating tomorrow morning.

The jury in the murder trial of Derry man Stephen Cahoon is expected to retire today to consider a verdict.

The jury of a Derry man accused of murdering his pregnant former girlfriend were tonight told they cannot acquit the suspect.

The defendant in a murder trial could not explain why his victim’s front door and clothes were damaged or why she was covered in bruises the morning he strangled her.

A murder accused said he snapped and grabbed the dead woman's throat when she told him the child she was carrying was not his and that she was going to have an abortion.

A Derry man on trial for the murder of the 30-year-old mother of his unborn son threatened to smash a phone over her head a fortnight before she was killed.

A sock containing the saliva and blood of the alleged victim in a murder trial might have been in her mouth, a forensic scientist told the Central Criminal Court today.

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.

THE neighbour of the alleged victim in a murder trial told the Central Criminal Court that she heard wailing coming from the woman’s house on the morning she died.

The neighbour of the alleged victim in a murder trial told the Central Criminal Court that she heard wailing coming from the woman’s house on the morning she died.

The victim in a murder trial told her killer she wanted him out of her life weeks before she died, and he threatened to take her to court for access to their unborn child, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A murder trial in Dublin heard how a mother discovered the battered body of her pregnant daughter hours after she was killed.

The trial of a Derry man accused of the murder of a 30-year-old woman in the city last year has opened and been adjourned for a day at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.

A man in the North will make legal history today as the first person to face a jury in the Republic in connection with a non-terrorist related offence in the North.

A man from the North today denied murdering a pregnant mother of four at her Derry home last summer.

A man will make legal history today as the first person from the North to face a jury in the Republic for a non-terrorist related offence in the North.

A man was charged today with murdering pregnant mother-of-four Jean Quigley.

A man arrested earlier this week in connection with the murder of Jean Quigley in Derry has been taken back into garda custody in Co Donegal.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of Jean Quigley in Derry has been taken to hospital after complaining of feeling unwell.

Gardaí have arrested a man wanted for questioning in the North in relation to the murder of a pregnant mother-of-four in Derry last month.

The funeral of the 30-year-old mother-of-four found murdered in Derry last weekend is due to take place in the city today.

Police in the North have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a 30-year-old mother-of-four in Derry at the weekend.

A murder investigation is underway in the North following the death of a woman in Derry.

Three policemen were treated for shock after republican dissidents attempted to bomb a two-car RUC patrol in Derry early today.

Three police officers were recovering from shock today following an early morning bomb attack on a new housing development in Derry.