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A Garda officer who was found guilty of sexually assaulting and falsely imprisoning a woman at a station in Co Wicklow has been sentenced to six years in prison. William Ryan, 41, was convicted last year on three counts of sexual assault and one count of false imprisonment at Aughrim Garda Station in September 2020. Despite initially denying all charges, …

A 42-year-old man has been given a life sentence in connection with the murder of a man at a hostel in Dublin two years ago. Robert Murphy of the Harrington Street Hostel, Dublin, stabbed the victim, Jamie Kavanagh, on April 19, 2023, after an altercation began in the kitchen area. Although Murphy pleaded to manslaughter, a jury convicted him of …