Complainant in Belfast rape trial ‘upset and disappointed’ at verdictChief Supt said woman has not expressed any regrets about making the complaintWed Mar 28 2018 - 17:53
Profiles: Who are the four acquitted in Belfast rape trial?Three of the four Belfast trial defendants were rugby playersWed Mar 28 2018 - 16:29
Four cleared of all charges in Belfast rape trialPaddy Jackson and Stuart Olding cleared of rape, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison also acquittedWed Mar 28 2018 - 14:35
Belfast rape trial: Jury ends first day of deliberationsJudge tells jurors the accused men’s good character should be taken into accountTue Mar 27 2018 - 13:24
Belfast rape trial: Jury should take ‘inconsistencies’ into accountJurors told ‘not to sit in judgment’ on police or to punish them for perceived failuresMon Mar 26 2018 - 13:48
Belfast rape trial: What are the charges and what must jury do to reach verdicts?To convict the jurors must be convinced the prosecution has proved all elements of the individual chargesMon Mar 26 2018 - 11:38
There is no ‘classic reaction’ to being raped, Belfast judge saysJudge completes first stage of her address to the jury in the trial of Irish rugby playersFri Mar 23 2018 - 14:48
Belfast rape trial told Rory Harrison is ‘not a weasel’Rory Harrison’s counsel says he is ‘kind, honest and modest’Thu Mar 22 2018 - 11:51
Rugby players on trial are ‘braggarts, not rapists’, court hearsCounsel for Blane McIlroy claims alleged rape victim trying to protect her reputationWed Mar 21 2018 - 16:40
Belfast rape trial told messages were nothing but ‘a titillating sideshow’Stuart Olding counsel says police made a ‘cardinal error’Wed Mar 21 2018 - 14:26
Political factors key to deciding if long-term prisoners stay in jailStudy says overall murder rate and media profile of convict are factors in decisionTue Mar 20 2018 - 00:00
Paddy Jackson ‘not looking for special treatment,’ rape trial told“So he plays for Ireland? So what? Don’t think he’s trying to play the rugby card’Fri Mar 16 2018 - 13:15
Belfast rape trial told ‘drunk consent is still consent’Lawyers for defence and prosecution make closing arguments in trial of Ireland rugby playersThu Mar 15 2018 - 16:02
Belfast rape trial told alleged attack ‘a throwback to days of male entitlement’Prosecution counsel begins closing address to jury at rugby players’ rape trialThu Mar 15 2018 - 13:08
Belfast rape trial will not hear evidence until tomorrowJury has been told it will begin deliberations by late next weekWed Mar 14 2018 - 13:25
Belfast trial: Harrison denies using ‘weasel words’ to comfort womanEvidence finishes in trial, closing speeches from counsel to be heard on WednesdayMon Mar 12 2018 - 15:12
Harrison tells court woman upset because ‘Paddy had rejected her’Belfast rape trial: Witness accused of perverting course of justice by misleading policeMon Mar 12 2018 - 01:30
Belfast trial: Paddy Jackson ‘last person in the world who would rape someone’Rugby player’s friend Rory Harrison denies trying to ‘manage’ woman at centre of caseSat Mar 10 2018 - 10:57
Three accused in rape trial say texts were ‘exaggeration’ and ‘banter’Prosecution homes in on discrepancy as accused take the standSat Mar 10 2018 - 01:53
Blane McIlroy denies he ‘got his lines wrong’ when talking to policeMan accused of exposing himself to woman directly after she was allegedly rapedFri Mar 09 2018 - 17:58
Belfast trial: Blane McIlroy denies woman was ‘in hysterics’Man accused of exposing himself to a woman directly after she was allegedly rapedFri Mar 09 2018 - 16:21
Stuart Olding denies offering ‘complete nonsense’ as evidenceRape accused says not fanciful that he would kiss woman ‘open mouthed’ after she gave teammate oral sexThu Mar 08 2018 - 14:55
Stuart Olding ‘not proud’ of texts exchanged after alleged rapeRugby player says reference to ‘she’ meant night out and ‘very loose’ meant good funThu Mar 08 2018 - 11:32
Paddy Jackson paints a picture of ‘the happiest man in Belfast’Ireland player had just finished a successful international tour at the time of alleged rapeWed Mar 07 2018 - 20:30
Paddy Jackson says he would have gone to police if told of rape allegationIreland rugby player tells trial he engaged in a ‘threesome or spitroast’ of womanWed Mar 07 2018 - 15:49
‘I wouldn’t do that’ - Paddy Jackson takes stand to deny raping womanRugby player tells jury his hobbies include miming to rap and drawing super heroesWed Mar 07 2018 - 11:40
Belfast rape case adjourned due to juror’s illnessJury members agree to sit on Saturday to make up for lost time in rugby players’ trialMon Mar 05 2018 - 13:06
Belfast rape trial gains insight into accuseds’ mindsetFocus on social media texts between rugby players as prosecution completes evidenceFri Mar 02 2018 - 19:05
Belfast rape trial: Stuart Olding originally faced vaginal rape chargeFailure to test rugby player’s clothing queried before prosecution finished caseThu Mar 01 2018 - 16:49
Belfast rape trial: Accused men boasted about sexual activityProsecuting counsel reads an agreed list of texts into the court recordWed Feb 28 2018 - 14:30
Belfast rape trial: Police officer denies trying to catch witness ‘off-guard’Rory Harrison is accused of perverting the course of justiceWed Feb 28 2018 - 12:35
Rape trial: Blaine McIlroy says woman was 'trying to pull' members of groupCo-accused Blane McIlroy says alleged victim tried to kiss him earlier in nightWed Feb 28 2018 - 01:00
Friend of rugby players denies ‘concocting’ story after alleged rapeRory Harrison is accused of destroying evidence and perverting the court of justiceTue Feb 27 2018 - 17:46
Stuart Olding did not recall alleged rape victim saying ‘not him too’Recordings of police interview with rugby player (24) played during Belfast trialTue Feb 27 2018 - 13:56
Woman ‘tried to pull’ several members of Jackson and Olding’s groupCourt hears Rory Harrison called Blane McIlroy to say woman from night out ‘might have cried rape’Tue Feb 27 2018 - 13:55
No evidence heard in Belfast rape trial due to juror’s illnessJudge says she still believes case will conclude by scheduled date of March 16thMon Feb 26 2018 - 11:54
ISPs slow to back Garda plan to block child sex abuse materialOnly one internet service provider has joined scheme to blacklist abuse sites since late 2013Mon Feb 26 2018 - 01:00
Belfast rape trial: Olding says woman invited him to join sexual activityBoth rugby players said oral sex took place but not intercourse as they had no condomsSat Feb 24 2018 - 01:00
Rugby players’ trial - weekly summary: ‘She didn’t have to stay, she could have left’Jury have been hearing from the accused what they say happened on June 28th, 2016Fri Feb 23 2018 - 20:55
Paddy Jackson: ‘I didn’t force myself on her. I presume she wanted it to happen’Rugby player says he strenuously denies the shocking allegations made against himFri Feb 23 2018 - 15:23
Belfast rape trial: case adjourned for a day due to juror illnessThe prosecution is entering the final stage of its evidence with case set to resume on FridayThu Feb 22 2018 - 13:28
Belfast trial hears findings of DNA analysis on alleged rape victim’s clothesStuart Olding’s semen found on jeans and underwear of complainant, court toldWed Feb 21 2018 - 16:40
Belfast trial: Doctor criticises medical examination of alleged rape victimWitness says video of examination left out critical informationWed Feb 21 2018 - 12:50
Belfast trial hears details of woman’s injuries after alleged rapeDoctor from Antrim sexual assault referral centre gives evidenceTue Feb 20 2018 - 17:52
Belfast trial hears Stuart Olding’s description of sex with alleged rape victimOlding’s house searched without his knowledge during police interviewTue Feb 20 2018 - 17:51
Pepper spray used by gardaí over 500 times in 2017Met Police and other UK forces use Tasers, which are not widely available to gardaíMon Feb 19 2018 - 20:00
Belfast rape trial: Week three evidence focused on before and afterSix women gave evidence after the complainantSat Feb 17 2018 - 12:52
Harrison told police alleged rape victim couldn’t stop staring at JacksonDetective tells Belfast Court Harrison said he had “no real conversation” with studentFri Feb 16 2018 - 13:07
Police officer guessed alleged rapists were Ulster Rugby playersFriend of alleged victim says ‘rape is rape’ regardless of profession of those involvedThu Feb 15 2018 - 18:18
‘Utter scum’ - Belfast rape trial hears of text exchangeFriend of alleged rape victim describes how she tried to convince her to go to policeWed Feb 14 2018 - 11:49
