BALLYMENA: A motorist caught doing 61mph in a 30mph zone on Ballee Road West was banned from driving for two months and fined £150 after being found guilty in his absence.

BELFAST: Four men were sent to the Crown Court on charges including human trafficking, controlling prostitution, and supplying drugs, with allegations they coerced vulnerable women into sex acts in exchange for drugs.

BELFAST: Two men were handed sentences totalling ten-and-a-half years over EncroChat offences.

BELFAST: A man accused of burglary at Larne Football Club had the charge withdrawn by prosecutors after forensic evidence was received, but he remains in custody on other charges including theft of a medieval armour suit and possession of crystal meth.