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Paddy Jackson (left) and Stuart Olding were acquitted of rape last week.
Media application to lift Belfast rape trial restrictions to be heard on Monday

Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice has ordered that a media application to lift reporting restrictions on the rape trial of Paddy Jackson and Stuar(...)

The four accused in the rape trial of Ireland and Ulster players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding have been acquitted of all charges
Inside Court 12: the complete story of the Belfast rape trial

After 42 days, 30 witnesses, two snow storms, one Six Nations and three hours and 40 minutes of jury deliberations, the accused were acquitted on all (...)

Rugby players on trial are ‘braggarts, not rapists’, court hears

The rugby players accused of raping a 19-year-old Belfast student are “braggarts not rapists”, the jury in their trial has been told. Blane McIlroy i(...)

Blane McIlroy arrives at Belfast Crown Court. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Blane McIlroy’s attitude to women comes into focus

It was early on Friday afternoon when counsel for Paddy Jackson rose to his feet at Belfast Crown Court to question Blane McIlroy on his evidence abou(...)

Eamonn Magee jnr (22), was stabbed to death in the Summerhill Park area of West Belfast as he went to check on a pizza delivery. File photograph: PSNI/PA Wire
Trial date set for man accused of murdering Eamonn Magee jnr

A man is to stand trial next year accused of the murder of Eamonn Magee jnr in west Belfast. Orhan Koca (34), a Turkish national of no fixed abode, (...)

A cell at Maghaberry prison near Lisburn, Co Antrim. File photograph: Paul Faith/PA Wire
Names of police, judges found in dissident’s cell, court told

A search of a convicted dissident republican bomber’s cell at a top security jail uncovered the names of police officers and judges, a court has heard(...)