A 23 year-old man was jailed for what a judge described as 'a violent, vicious, horrific and savage assault.' Martin Smith (23), 506 Ashling Park, Cox's Demesne, Dundalk was sentenced to three years ...

A builder’s labourer accused of murdering a man in the street with a pick axe handle told a jury he could not recall striking the fatal blows. Duane Bellamy said he was scared and in panic when he ...

A MAN charged with murder, who fractured another man's skull with a pick-axe handle before stabbing him in the neck and body, was trying to defend himself, a trial has heard. The evidence was heard on ...

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A man behaving in a drug-induced agitated fashion attacked his brother with a pick axe handle despite knowing his sibling was awaiting hospital surgery. Cameron Finlayson delivered such a forceful ...

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A former pet-sitter was caught on CCTV launching a horrifying pick-axe attack on his neighbour in a row over a dog. Christopher Secker, 44, knelt over his 57-year-old his victim, punching her in an ...

A church organist was "savagely beaten" to death on Christmas Eve with a pick-axe handle by two men who were later seen laughing, a court heard. Alan Greaves, 68, was set upon with the tool and a ...

There are claims an arson attack on a family home in Walton could be linked to an incident when a man was hit on the head with a pick-axe. A 59-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was hit on ...

A British man was violently murdered with his own pick axe after it was taken off him. Michael Tierney, 33, was attacked by George French after the two fought over damage caused to a gate. Tierney ...

A man has sustained serious injuries in a beating by a gang of masked men in a flat in Holywood, County Down. It happened just before 0040 BST on Saturday in Firmount Crescent when five men wearing ...