The Latest Breaking News from Belfast Crown Court

Evidence against Soldier F ‘simply doesn’t stack up’, Bloody Sunday trial told

The former paratrooper has been accused of the murder of two men during the events in 1972.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

Soldier F trial hears claims paratrooper opened fire on Bloody Sunday

Statements from two fellow former paratroopers claim they were aware that Soldier F had opened fire in Glenfada Park where two men were killed.

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025

Teenager ‘told man not to move’ before he was shot on Bloody Sunday

Soldier F is on trial at Belfast Crown Court accused of two murders and five attempted murders.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025

Man jailed over attempted murder of police officer to have sentence reviewed

Gavin Coyle was sentenced to six years for IRA membership and providing a car to be used by terrorists.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Man who murdered wife by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire jailed for 18 years

Thomas Rainey pleaded guilty to murdering his wife Katrina in Knockloughrim, Co Derry

Irish Mirror · Jul 5, 2023

Mother who stabbed baby twice through heart jailed for minimum of 20 years

The defendant wept as the sentence was handed down at Belfast Crown Court.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Thug beat his love rival to death and put body in a wheelie bin at the bottom of a lake

David Gill has been jailed for the murder of Pat McCormick, a father of four who was viciously beaten to death before his body was hidden in a weighted down bin at the bottom of a lake

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2023

Belfast Crown Court told shoplifters took printer cartridges worth thousands

Court told pair "targeted a Tesco store in Lurgan and stole £2,700 worth of printer ink"

Belfast Live · Jun 2, 2023

Belfast man caught with ‘dealer’s list’ when home raided by police spared jailed

"If you don’t step up to the mark, you will be referred back to this court, I will revoke that order and you will go to prison"

Belfast Live · May 16, 2023

Hijackers sentenced at Belfast Crown Court over ‘Up The UFF’ incident

Court told that "with great fortitude, the victim reached into the car and removed the keys and took the bottle from" one of the hijackers

Belfast Live · May 12, 2023