33 results
Disabled Police Officers' Association of Northern Ireland and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
[2024] NIKB 90 McBride J
King v Alexander McCartney
Crown Court sentencing remarks – catfishing – sextortion - manslaughter - causing or inciting girls under 13 and between the age of 13 and 16 to engage in sexual activity – blackmail – making, distributing and possessing indecent images of children – causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent - intimidation - sexual communication with a child - offending against 70 victims worldwide – harm inevitably and indisputably huge – assessed as presenting a significant risk of serious harm – victim did not prove on the balance of probabilities that he was the victim of catfishing as a child – no previous record – pleas of guilty – some limited evidence of remorse post 2019 – numerous aggravating factors outlined at para [77] - extensive and worsening offending after his first arrest in 2016 – life sentence imposed – 20 year minimum tariff imposed with concurrent sentences in respect of the remaining counts – 10 year SOPO – disqualified from working with children – disposal order in respect of 13 devices
[2024] NICC 30 O'Hara J
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland's Application
[2024] NIKB 88 Humphreys J
Summary of findings - Francis Bradley Inquest
Summary of findings - Francis Bradley Inquest
King v Darryn Armstrong and Jade Dempsey
[2024] NICC 29 McAlinden J
In the matter of an inquest into the death of Francis Bradley
[2024] NICoroner 30 His Honour Judge Irvine KC
JR328 Application for Judicial Review
[2024] NIKB 89 Scoffield J
The King v NF
[2024] NICA 67 Keegan LCJ
Attorney General for Northern Ireland and Kieran Rafferty
[2024] NIKB 87 Colton J
Donna Arthurs and The Chief Constable of The Police Service of Northern Ireland
[2024] NICA 70
Summary of Judgment - R v John Paul Whitla
Summary of Judgment - R v John Paul Whitla
Henry (Danielle) Application for Judicial Review
[2024] NIDiv 10 Keegan LCJ
A Father and A Mother (In the matter of NI, a male child aged 12 years, No 3) - In the matter of NI (A male child aged 12 years) (No 3)
[2024] NICA 68
Jody Nesbitt and Diana Nesbitt and Land and Property Services
[2024] NICA 69
The King v John Paul Whitla
In this judgment the Court of Appeal refreshes the categories in respect of sentencing for murder as previously outlined in R v McCandless [2004] NICA 1 to reflect the complexion of cases which have come before the courts in NI over the last 20 years (see paras [40] – [45]).
DPP reference - murder - false imprisonment - common assault - trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence - multiple stabbings - whether sentence unduly lenient - whether starting point for minimum tariff too low - whether judge wrong not to find pre-planning or premeditation - flaws in prosecution approach not arguing pre-planning element with necessary vigour led judge into error – multiple stabbing case such as this required an uplift on the starting point selected - sentence unduly lenient - leave granted – reference allowed - sentence quashed and replaced with revised minimum tariff of 19 years
The King v Peter McCartney
[2024] NICA 66 Keegan LCJ
Bryson's (Jamie) Application (Leave stage)
[2024] NIKB 86 Humphreys J
The King v Glas-Seal (NI) Ltd
[2024] NICC 26 His Honour Judge Miller KC