Tag Archives: Belfast Crown Court

A 71-year-old man has been handed a seven-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a string of serious charges that included human trafficking, supplying heroin, and controlling prostitution. Oliver James MacCormack, formerly of Moore Park in Newbridge and now residing at Maghaberry prison, admitted to 40 offenses involving the exploitation of young women, some of whom were just 17 years …

A father from County Armagh has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for the murder of his infant son, who suffered severe brain injuries. The 29-year-old man was convicted of causing “catastrophic” harm to the child, who was just 13 weeks old when he was first hospitalized in November 2015. The baby, identified as Lewis Oliver Rowland, …