12/10/2012
Other News In Brief
63-Year-Old Sentenced For Sex Attack
Londonderry Crown Court has sentenced a 63-year-old man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
James Gallagher will serve one year in prison before being released on licence for the other two.
The incident took place on 24 July last year when the victim became separated from her friends.
Judge Piers Grant said he was very concerned that in the initial pre sentence report Gallagher had claimed the assault would actually do the girl good by making her more cautious.
He said it was a scary and unnerving attack that had a significant impact on the girl.
Gallagher was ordered to attend the community sex offenders programme and a sexual offences order was also imposed.
He was also ordered to sign the sex offences register for an indefinite period.
22-Year-Old On Kidnapping Charges
A second Omagh man has appeared in court in relation to an alleged kidnapping plot during which a €100,000 ransom was paid after threats were made to kill the victim.
22-year-old Matthew McLean, of Glen Park Road, in Omagh, appeared before Strabane Magistrates' Court.
He was charged with kidnapping, blackmail, and false imprisonment.
Woman Convicted Of £57,000 Benefit Fraud
A 52-year-old woman has pleaded guilty at Londonderry Crown Court to six charges of committing benefit frauds totalling £57,000.
Sharon Nelson, from Primity Crescent in Newbuildings in Derry, admitted the fraud over an eight-year period.
The frauds include housing benefits, income and carer's allowances.
Nelson was released on bail and Judge Piers Grant ordered a pre-sentence report before she is sentenced on 8th November.
Londonderry Crown Court has sentenced a 63-year-old man to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
James Gallagher will serve one year in prison before being released on licence for the other two.
The incident took place on 24 July last year when the victim became separated from her friends.
Judge Piers Grant said he was very concerned that in the initial pre sentence report Gallagher had claimed the assault would actually do the girl good by making her more cautious.
He said it was a scary and unnerving attack that had a significant impact on the girl.
Gallagher was ordered to attend the community sex offenders programme and a sexual offences order was also imposed.
He was also ordered to sign the sex offences register for an indefinite period.
22-Year-Old On Kidnapping Charges
A second Omagh man has appeared in court in relation to an alleged kidnapping plot during which a €100,000 ransom was paid after threats were made to kill the victim.
22-year-old Matthew McLean, of Glen Park Road, in Omagh, appeared before Strabane Magistrates' Court.
He was charged with kidnapping, blackmail, and false imprisonment.
Woman Convicted Of £57,000 Benefit Fraud
A 52-year-old woman has pleaded guilty at Londonderry Crown Court to six charges of committing benefit frauds totalling £57,000.
Sharon Nelson, from Primity Crescent in Newbuildings in Derry, admitted the fraud over an eight-year period.
The frauds include housing benefits, income and carer's allowances.
Nelson was released on bail and Judge Piers Grant ordered a pre-sentence report before she is sentenced on 8th November.
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Woman Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
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4NI Wins Fraudsters' Identity Battle
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4NI Wins Fraudsters' Identity Battle
Those found guilty of benefit fraud are now being routinely named - and shamed - on the Department for Social Development's (DSD) website. An effective U-turn by DSD follows a campaign by the news website, 4NI.co.uk, that encompassed two successive Executive Ministers.
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Newtownabbey Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
A 60-year-old man from Newtownabbey has been convicted of benefit fraud at Belfast Crown Court.
Newtownabbey Man Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
A 60-year-old man from Newtownabbey has been convicted of benefit fraud at Belfast Crown Court.
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