ANTRIM: A 55-year-old man who bit his wife on the chin and slapped her face was sentenced to eight months in prison and given a three-year restraining order.

BELFAST: A 55-year-old former pharmacist, already on the sex offenders register, was refused bail after being charged with attempted sexual communication with a child.

BELFAST: A man was remanded in custody over alleged £10,000 damage to the Big Fish sculpture in Belfast.

CRAIGAVON: A woman was ordered to complete 180 hours of community service and a man received a suspended seven-month sentence for stealing a three-week-old pygmy goat from a petting farm.