On September 29th, 2020, a vicious and sustained attack took place in Ballymena, resulting in the death of Donald Fraser-Rennie. On May 2nd, 2023, Stephen Hunter and Samuel Atcheson were finally sentenced for their crimes. The Murder of Donald Fraser-Rennie Donald Fraser-Rennie, a 33-year-old man, was found dead in a flat in Ballymena on September […]
Detectives are currently requesting the public’s assistance in gathering information in relation to an incendiary occurrence which took place at a business in the Landsdowne Industrial Estate locality of Newtownards during the early hours of Tuesday the 18th of April. Detective Sergeant Shivers declared, “We received a report around 3:20 am that a multitude of […]
Five men have been arrested by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Criminal Investigation Department, with assistance from colleagues in the Specialist Operations Branch Air Support Unit and Neighbourhood policing teams. The arrests followed the discovery of a large and sophisticated cannabis farm at a property in the Tulnacross Road area of Cookstown […]
Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Major Investigation Team have issued a direct appeal for information following the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh on Wednesday 22 February. At approximately 8pm on Wednesday evening, two gunmen approached John as he was putting footballs into the boot of his car […]
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed that Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell from the Major Investigation Team was the off-duty officer shot in an attempted murder in Omagh on 22nd February. The incident occurred shortly after 8pm when Caldwell was returning to his car at a sports complex on the Killyclogher Road. […]
According to a report by the BBC, an off-duty police officer has been shot at a sports complex in Omagh, County Tyrone. The incident took place on the Killyclogher Road at approximately 20:00 GMT. While there are unconfirmed reports that the officer was hit multiple times, the Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed that the […]
On Wednesday 22 February, Brian Anthony Nicholl, aged 52, was sentenced at Newry Crown Court for the manslaughter of 65-year-old Nigel Burgess. The incident leading to Mr Burgess’s death occurred on the night of 11 April 2020 in Armagh. As a result of the altercation between the two men, Mr Burgess was found unresponsive and […]
Police are appealing for information after two police officers were injured when a car rammed their patrol vehicle in the Lifford Road area of Strabane area last night, Saturday 28 January. Sergeant McDermott said: “At approximately 10.10pm, officers attempted to stop a suspected uninsured vehicle while conducting patrols in the town centre. The vehicle failed […]
Detectives from Strand Road in Derry/Londonderry investigating a shooting in the city last night, Monday, 23rd January, are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to contact them. A man, aged in his thirties, was shot in the lower leg shortly after 9pm in a wooded area, close to commercial premises on Whitehouse Road and […]
Police can confirm that a couple in their 80s have sadly died following a fire in a property in the Dellmount Park area of Bangor this morning, Monday 23 January. At approximately 8.45am, it was reported to police that Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service along with colleagues from the Ambulance Service were in attendance. […]