... Crime-stopper dubbed hero A MAN was hailed a hero after detaining a thief, moments after he snatched a handbag on a busy Ballymena street on Saturday afternoon. He kept a 29-year-old man at the scene at Wellington Street during the incident, at about ...

... sought on hate crime RACIST and sectarian crime poses a serious threat to the development of a stable society, NIO minister Des Browne said yesterday. The victims’ minister issued the warning as he launched a consultation paper on race crime and sectarian ...

... Bid to reduce car crime DON'T turn your windscreen into a shop window is the message from the launch of a major drive to reduce car crime. Theft from cars affects around 600,000 British motorists every year, but taking one basic precaution - putting valuables ...

... lice in crime Clean-up n Page One 1 a month out of date. 1e majority of the cars been destroyed but a I number have been imed. e operation has ends cash to fund the picheme has run out. , has been a major cess,”’ said Chief Mark Mason. 'he statistics ...

... ‘Crime curse’ must be beaten ...

... CTV helps curb crime GHERAFELT police that they are making use of the CCTV sysin the South Londerry town centre and proving useful in their ts to curb crime and lic disorder. 2cently the cameras rded three separate innts of public disorder as a result ...

... Euro pact on money crime MPs from throughout Europe yesterday adopted a plan to fight money laundering, pledging to isolate tax havens and make financial transactions more easy to track. French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin told the MPs in Paris that the ...

... Fears of groups cashing in on crime man, believed to be a member of staff, was treated at hospital for a shoulder injury. Also, in Co Antrim yesterday, detectives believe a robber may have been shot with a legally-held shotgun during a Post Office raid ...

... Reduction in crime attributed to CCTV PY cameras introduced in Londonderry in an effort to prevent spiralling street crime and violence has been an outstanding success. Londonderry’s City Centre Initiative organisation yesterday reported that CCTV monitoring ...

... School children admit crimes LMOST half of school A children aged 11 to 17 have committed a crime, according to a major study of young people’s behaviour published vesterday. The survey also revealed the extent of alcohol abuse among youngsters, with ...

... ‘War crimes’ trial opens “The crimes that were committed were of a type and scale not seen since World War Two.” Mr Harmon added: “The Bosnian Serb army, organised, planned and willingly participated in genocide.” Prosecutors say Krstic ordered the “ ...

... Call to tackle ‘kiddie crime’ BALLYMENA councillors keen to stamp out a kiddie crime wave have called on the Government to help police crack down. The councillors have looked on helplessly as reports of the actions of children as young as six continue ...