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ITV News
4 days ago
- ITV News
Fr Edward Gallagher charged with additional seven child sex offences
A Donegal-based priest who is originally from Londonderry, who has been in prison custody since last April charged with attempting to sexually communicate with a child, has appeared before the Magistrate's Court in Derry charged with an additional seven child sex abuse offences. Fr Edward Gallagher, 58, from Orchard Park in Lifford, had been released from Maghaberry Prison yesterday into the custody of the PSNI for three days to enable them to interview him about seven similar offences. In court today the defendant, who has been suspended from ministry following his arrest last April, was additionally charged with possessing an extreme pornographic image and with possessing an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child. He's alleged to have committed the offences on April 17 of this year. The defendant was further charged with making and distributing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children, sexually communicating with a child and with two counts of an adult causing or inciting unknown children under the age of sixteen to engage in or watch a sexual act. Those offences are also alleged to have occurred last April 17. A detective constable from the PSNI's Public Protection Branch told District Judge Oonagh Mullan that he could connect the defendant to the seven new charges. The defendant, who stood handcuffed in the dock alongside a prison officer, spoke only to confirm his name and address and that he understood the charges against him. Barrister Stephen Chapman said he was not making a bail application and the defendant was returned to custody in Maghaberry Prison. The case was adjourned until July 31 when the defendant will appear via video link.
Indian Express
18-06-2025
- Indian Express
19 cops among 31 injured in 19-vehicle pile-up inside tunnel on expressway
As many as 19 police personnel and 12 others were injured after a 19-vehicle police convoy ferrying 160 alleged illegal Bangladeshi nationals to the Lohegaon airport in Pune for deportation were involved in a pile-up inside a tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Express highway early Wednesday. According to police, one policeman sustained serious internal injuries and is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). An official from Raigad police said that around 6.30am, a container truck overturned near the Bhatan tunnel of the Mumbai Pune Express Highway. A hydra crane was called to clear the container due to which two of the three lanes were shut for traffic. Around 7.45am, the police convoy with 160 Bangladeshi nationals that was headed to Lohegaon airport in Pune reached the spot. One of the vehicles that was going ahead applied sudden brakes, leading to a pile-up of the convoy, including the van in which the immigrants were carried, escort vehicles and pilot vehicles. Six vehicles were damaged in the incident. 'Out of the 19 policemen who were injured, Vijay Mane from the Protection Branch in Mumbai suffered serious injuries. Approximately, 12 Bangladeshi immigrants also suffered minor injuries. All the injured were immediately rushed to MGM Hospital Navi Mumbai,' an official said. Except for those injured, the remaining team then proceeded to complete the deportation process. An official added that the logistics of deportation were arranged by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Mumbai. Superintendent of Police (Raigad) Aanchal Dalal said that they have taken details of the case at the local Rasayani police station and are checking if an offence should be registered in connection with the incident. Of the 160 immigrants, 75 were detained by Navi Mumbai police, 40 by Mumbai police, 23 by Thane city while 22 from Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar police commissionerates. Over the past few months, on directives by the Central government, the police have identified Bangladeshi nationals, dropped them at the Indo-Bangladeshi border outposts in Indian Air Force flights and pushed them across the border.
