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27/11/2012
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Man Arrested After Woman Falls From Flat
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman fell from a building in west Belfast.
The woman fell from the fourth floor of a block of flats in the Springmeadow area at about 04:50 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
She was taken to hospital with serious chest and leg injuries.
The 26-year-old man was arrested and detained. He is also charged with suspicion of assault on police and resisting police.
Coleraine Arrests Over 'Sham' Marriage
Five people have been arrested following a suspected sham wedding in Coleraine.
The UK Border Agency has described how officers broke up a ceremony between a Sri Lankan woman and a British citizen at Coleraine Borough Council offices on 23 November.
24-year-old Achala Udeshika Bandara Wijekoon Mudiyanselage has appeared in court charged with seeking to remain in the UK by deception.
She has been remanded in custody and is due to re-appear at court via video link on 3 December.
A groom and two witnesses were released on bail to appear at Coleraine Magistrates Court on 19 December.
Man Admits Sexual Abuse Of Girl
A 41-year-old man has admitted the sexual abuse of a girl over a ten-year-period.
The charges relate back as far as 1985. The defendant had initially denied the charges, but appeared at Londonderry Crown Court on Monday.
He pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault on a child and six charges of gross indecency against the same child.
He has been refused bail and will be sentenced in January. The defendant requested bail be revoked in order to begin his custodial sentence right away.
He is now also on the sex offenders’ register for a length of time to be determined at his sentencing.
Belfast To Get Bike Trail
Belfast is to get its first purpose-built mountain bike trail.
The trail will be built at Barnett’s Demesne, with work commencing on 3 December.
Councillor Gerard McCabe, Chairman of the Parks and Leisure Committee said: "The aim of the £445,000 project, a partnership between Belfast City Council and Outdoor Recreation NI, with funding assistance from Sport NI and Rural Development Programme, is to create an outstanding recreational facility for local and national mountain bikers.
"Approximately 600,000 walkers and cyclists use this recreational hub every year, and in the past, there have been issues with unauthorised trails and jumps being established on the land.
"In creating this purpose built facility we are responding to user demand and to health and safety concerns for all groups using the park. Certain areas of the park and land between Barnett’s Demesne and Mary Peter’s Track will be off limits during the work which is expected to last until next spring."
(IT/GK)
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman fell from a building in west Belfast.
The woman fell from the fourth floor of a block of flats in the Springmeadow area at about 04:50 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
She was taken to hospital with serious chest and leg injuries.
The 26-year-old man was arrested and detained. He is also charged with suspicion of assault on police and resisting police.
Coleraine Arrests Over 'Sham' Marriage
Five people have been arrested following a suspected sham wedding in Coleraine.
The UK Border Agency has described how officers broke up a ceremony between a Sri Lankan woman and a British citizen at Coleraine Borough Council offices on 23 November.
24-year-old Achala Udeshika Bandara Wijekoon Mudiyanselage has appeared in court charged with seeking to remain in the UK by deception.
She has been remanded in custody and is due to re-appear at court via video link on 3 December.
A groom and two witnesses were released on bail to appear at Coleraine Magistrates Court on 19 December.
Man Admits Sexual Abuse Of Girl
A 41-year-old man has admitted the sexual abuse of a girl over a ten-year-period.
The charges relate back as far as 1985. The defendant had initially denied the charges, but appeared at Londonderry Crown Court on Monday.
He pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault on a child and six charges of gross indecency against the same child.
He has been refused bail and will be sentenced in January. The defendant requested bail be revoked in order to begin his custodial sentence right away.
He is now also on the sex offenders’ register for a length of time to be determined at his sentencing.
Belfast To Get Bike Trail
Belfast is to get its first purpose-built mountain bike trail.
The trail will be built at Barnett’s Demesne, with work commencing on 3 December.
Councillor Gerard McCabe, Chairman of the Parks and Leisure Committee said: "The aim of the £445,000 project, a partnership between Belfast City Council and Outdoor Recreation NI, with funding assistance from Sport NI and Rural Development Programme, is to create an outstanding recreational facility for local and national mountain bikers.
"Approximately 600,000 walkers and cyclists use this recreational hub every year, and in the past, there have been issues with unauthorised trails and jumps being established on the land.
"In creating this purpose built facility we are responding to user demand and to health and safety concerns for all groups using the park. Certain areas of the park and land between Barnett’s Demesne and Mary Peter’s Track will be off limits during the work which is expected to last until next spring."
(IT/GK)
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A 58-year-old man from Co Tyrone has been arrested and charged following a police investigation into irregularities at an Electoral Office in the west of the province. The man was charged with 30 offences, 17 of which relate to theft and 13 of fake accounting. He will appear before a court in Omagh on November 11.
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