Yvonne Maher’s eyes fill with tears as she recalls the agonising day 40 years ago when her much longed-for first child was stillborn just before his due date. ‘Why didn’t I hold him?’ she sobs. ‘I was petrified. I was only 21. But why didn’t I cuddle him?’ ‘I wish I could turn back the … Read more
Portuguese detective who led original probe into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance claims prime suspect Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ Goncalo Amaral described 43-year-old German as an ‘almost perfect suspect’ The former Portuguese police officer said Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ In 2008 Amaral claimed Madeleine’s parents had covered up their daughter’s accidental death in their Algarve … Read more
Portuguese detective who led original probe into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance claims prime suspect Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ Goncalo Amaral described 43-year-old German as an ‘almost perfect suspect’ The former Portuguese police officer said Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ In 2008 Amaral claimed Madeleine’s parents had covered up their daughter’s accidental death in their Algarve … Read more
Murdered garda Colm Horkan was hailed as ‘one of nature’s gentlemen’ who never let his family or friends walk alone during the state funeral today. Colm Horkan, nicknamed ‘The Bear’, was carried through his hometown at the state funeral held in Charlestown, Co Mayo, today. The coffin of the detective garda was draped in the Irish … Read more
The Gardai lined the streets as the coffin of a murdered Irish police detective nicknamed ‘The Bear’ was carried through his hometown at the state funeral. Murdered garda Colm Horkan was carried through his hometown at the state funeral held in Charlestown, Co Mayo, today. The coffin of the detective garda was draped in the Irish … Read more
A 43-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Stephen Silver, from Aughaward, Foxford in Co Mayo, appeared before a special sitting at Castlerea District Court on Friday night wearing a black T-shirt and jogging bottoms. Following the brief appearance, Judge Alan Mitchell remanded him into custody and … Read more
A 43-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Stephen Silver, from Aughaward, Foxford in Co Mayo, appeared before a special sitting at Castlerea District Court on Friday night wearing a black T-shirt and jogging bottoms. Following the brief appearance, Judge Alan Mitchell remanded him into custody and … Read more
‘I want to shake his hand and give him a hug’: Retired detective carried to safety by Black Lives Matter activist thanks his rescuer for ‘saving his life’ after he was beaten ‘senseless’ by rival protesters Iconic image showed Patrick Hutchinson carrying Bryn Male over his shoulder Mr Male insisted he wouldn’t be alive today … Read more
Tributes from devastated colleagues and politicians poured in as Ireland grieved the loss of Detective Colm Horkan, above, the 89th member Garda force member killed in the line of duty A murder investigation has been launched after an Irish police detective nicknamed ‘The Bear’ was shot dead in a small town north west of Dublin. Detective … Read more
Scotland Yard detectives investigating the case of Madeleine McCann have appealed to the public for information on a new prime suspect, 13 years after her disappearance. Investigators established that the latest male suspect lived on and off in the Algarve, Portugal, between 1995 and 2007 – in what they are calling a ‘significant development’. The … Read more