Crime

A man has been convicted of raping a young boy and assaulting a teenage girl in a Caithness town.

The trial of 52-year-old Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed address, commenced before the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Wednesday.

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have condemned violent riots that saw houses torched, forcing families to flee, as “not welcome”.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy) is leading an investigation into a suspected €1 million fraud involving funding from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), intended to support the digitalization and internationalization of Italian businesses through e-commerce platforms.

Groups of masked thugs targeted homes and businesses owned by migrants in Belfast after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder following a “sickening” knife attack.

An LGBTQ+ event is implementing additional security measures after a Pride banner was burned by homophobes just a few days after it was put up.

Homes and cars were set on fire across Belfast on Tuesday evening after hundreds of protesters took to the streets in response to Monday night’s stabbing attack in the city.

Egyptian authorities have detained the prominent businessman Sabri Nakhnoukh and frozen his assets, accusing him of leading an organized crime syndicate involved in money laundering, theft, and illegal weapons possession.

This is the have-a-go hero who armed himself with a hurling stick and stepped in to stop a suspected knifeman allegedly trying to behead a man in a Belfast street.

A train passenger who grabbed a young woman’s hair and asked “can I kiss you?” has been sentenced in the first conviction for harassment based on a person’s sex.

A man has been sentenced to life behind bars for the murder of his partner and causing a gas explosion at the couple’s north London home.

The victim of the knife attack in Belfast suffered “significant injuries to his eyes” and a kitchen knife was recovered at the scene, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said as they gave further details about the "barbaric" attack.

A Manchester school is on lockdown after three people were injured by a pupil in a knife attack this morning.

A stabbing victim is in critical condition in the hospital following a brutal knife attack on a street in Belfast.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a schoolboy was killed by a car.

Crypto entrepreneur Arut Nazaryan, who was convicted in the United Arab Emirates for operating a cryptocurrency exchange without a license, may be unable to leave the country even after serving his prison sentence.

A ‘senior lieutenant’ in the Kinahan cartel has been jailed for 24 years.

This is the moment a motorcyclist crashes into a pedestrian after spending several hours in the pub, leaving him with life-changing injuries.

Emergency services were called to the residential address on Dale Grove, Finchley, shortly after midnight on Monday.

Three Kurdish activists accused of being members of banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be retried after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in their case.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), assets were seized today in Sicily as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving EU funds aimed at promoting veterinary public health.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna, Turin and Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Prato has seized additional assets worth over €6 million, as part of an investigation into a suspected VAT carousel fraud involving luxury vehicles.