ARDS: A 51-year-old Bangor man charged with attempting to communicate inappropriately with a decoy posing as a 12-year-old child, along with related charges and breach of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order, was further remanded in custody with the case adjourned to June 3.

BELFAST: A Newtownabbey man whose French bulldog attacked three women in separate incidents - leaving each with severe facial injuries requiring stitches or plastic surgery - was handed a combination order of 18 months probation and 80 hours community service, ordered to pay £1,000 compensation to each victim, and banned from keeping or owning any animal for 20 years.