Suspects on bail behind 15 deaths, figures show

FIFTEEN homicides and 21 sexual assaults have been carried out since 2007 by suspects who are out on bail, figures show.

In addition, people on bail are suspects behind 871 assaults and 617 firearms or weapons offences committed between the start of 2007 and the end of March 2008.

The figures follow reports in the Irish Examiner last Saturday which showed that the total number of offences carried out by suspects on bail rose from 15,500 in 2004 to nearly 24,200 in 2007.