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Maybe force be with them! Don't forget,

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has been found guilty for the second time

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Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction

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because of an error in the judge's instructions to the jury.

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You may find some pictures in Helen Jones report distressing.

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This CCTV footage shows the last images of her before she was killed.

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She was a pregnant mother of four and an ex-partner of the man who

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murdered her. Cahoon has a history of violence

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against women. This is an image of

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the then 18-year-old Lynne McGall. He beat her beyond recognition

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in 1997. This is her two years later, when

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Stephen was convicted. Today, the jury took just under four hours to

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find him guilty of murdering Jean Quigley. Her body was found naked

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and bruised at her home in Derry in 2008. She was ten weeks pregnant

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with his child. Describing events leading up to her death, he told the

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jury he saw red when she told him the maybe was not his. So, he said

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he grabbed and pushed her and put his hand on her throat.

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He admitted strangling her but not murder.

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There was evidence of violence from beginning to end at the scene.

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There was evidence heard the door had been broken

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and there were defensive injuries and bruising

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which were utterly inconsistent with his version of events.

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Arrested in the Republic, Cahoon opted for a trial in Dublin.

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The first jury failed to reach a verdict.

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A subsequent conviction was quashed on appeal because of a technicality.

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Today, another jury, the third, found him guilty.

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He has been sentenced to life in prison,

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is having a corrosive impact on society,

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A legal challenge is being brought by two gay couples

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who were the first to enter into civil partnerships in the UK.

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The hearing will end tomorrow with a ruling expected after Christmas.

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The former Finance Minister Sammy Wilson

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has described Stormont's NAMA inquiry

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The Assembly's Finance committee is investigating a claim

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that a politician or party was to receive ?7 million

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with the sale of the Northern Ireland

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to a US investment fund last year.

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Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell has more.

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Sammy Wilson stood down from the Assembly in August.

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Today, he was back and in fighting form.

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I said I was quite happy to come along in August

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Had I known subsequently the way in which this committee was going,

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I doubt very much if I would have come along

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to grace the Mickey Mouse exercise which has been undertaken.

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when the organisation was set up in 2010.

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Its job was to take control of property loans

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He recommended businessman Frank Cushnahan should advise them

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In 2013, he arranged a meeting with the US company PIMCO,

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which wanted to buy the Northern Ireland loans.

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Later, he went to work for PIMCO

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and stood to gain ?5 million if the deal went through.

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wanted to know more about that meeting in 2013.

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Was it appropriate for him to be at that meeting?

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Later on, I wrote a letter to NAMA telling them I had had this meeting

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and outlining the discussions taken at the meeting.

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Then he went on the attack, accusing one committee member

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of having his own conflict of interest

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because the paper he controls has taken adverts

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from a company connected to a critic of the NAMA deal.

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Did you make a declaration that on a weekly basis Gareth Graham

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takes a two-page spread in a paper which you're a director of

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and pays you money, because I assume you do not do it for nothing?

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Can I get back to this question, Mr Wilson,

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Throughout his evidence, Sammy stuck firmly to the view

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that no wrongdoing has been shown by politicians or anyone else,

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and he believes the NAMA deal has been good for Northern Ireland.

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The next major witness the committee wants to hear from

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is another former Finance Minister, Simon Hamilton.

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One of the SDLP's longest serving elected representatives

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has announced his retirement from politics.

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Pat Ramsey will step down as an MLA at the end of this month

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New draft guidelines on abortion drawn up by the Health Minister

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continue to advise doctors that fatal foetal abnormality

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is not in itself grounds for a lawful termination.

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The guidelines have been circulated to the Executive

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and a copy has been seen by the BBC's The View programme.

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Earlier, our Political Editor Mark Devenport explained

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what he thinks the next step will be.

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It is quite a complex is because first of all, the judge who ruled

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that the current law is in breach of the European Convention is going to

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decide weather we will read down his judgment, to try to change the law,

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I simply say that the current law is incompatible. That particular

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judgment may well go to an appeal, which could, given the way the

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courts work, last for some time. If it does come back to the

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politicians, even though we have these guidelines, abortion remains a

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very controversial topic. One can imagine they will argue about it for

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some time to come. Separately, there is another legal case where a woman

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is seeking to get a copy of these guidelines, which have so far only

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been circulated to Executive ministers and Review.

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And you can see more on that on The View

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just after this news here on BBC One

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A man in his 50s has died in a fire in Enniskillen.

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The body was found inside a house in Drumgay Close

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in the Kilmacormick area of the town.

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Our reporter in the south west, Julian Fowler, reports.

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The Fire Brigade received a call

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at around 8:30am this morning.

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Crews went into the house and used breathing apparatus

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and discovered the man dead in an upstairs bedroom.

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The only visible signs of the fire from outside

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The victim of the fire had lived in the street for many years

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People had been preparing for Christmas

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and his sudden death has come as a terrible shock.

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One resident told me she could not have asked for a better neighbour.

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Firefighters returned to the scene this afternoon

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to assist with the investigation and the removal of his remains,

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as family, friends and neighbours stood nearby.

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The police and forensic scientists have been carrying out

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an investigation to try to establish what caused the fire.

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There is nothing to suggest this as anything other

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A 38-year-old man's been in court

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charged with the attempted murder of a police officer

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Gavin Coyle whose address was given as Maghaberry Prison

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The off duty police officer was seriously injured

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Coyle is also accused of causing an explosion and IRA membership.

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Good evening. There is more wet and windy weather on the way but at

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least tonight will be much drier. Just one or two showers around.

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Quite chilly, temperatures could drop low enough for some icy patches

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and the breeze will start to session. It is the wind will notice

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initially tomorrow. Increasingly windy. Most of the rain will hold

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off until tomorrow evening due to this deep area of low pressure. Look

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at all of the line, giving away it will get windy. As this weather

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front moves in later in the day, it will bring heavy rain. Some warnings

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have been issued for strong winds and heavy rain through parts of

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Friday and indeed on Saturday as well. Not too bad tomorrow morning.

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A little breezy but just one or two showers. Relatively dry in most

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places. That first batch of rain mainly birds into the West of

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Scotland. Most other places will be dry and will be some sunshine here

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and there and it will be mild. The first wave of strong winds moves in

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across the public, Northern Ireland and central Britain tomorrow

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afternoon. -- across the Republic. We are likely to see some heat gusts

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of 60 mph, bringing down some trees and causing disruption possible. --

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some wind gusts. Some very wet and windy weather around on Friday

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night. Not great for those out celebrating Christmas parties. The

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rain continues on Saturday and could well lead to some flooding, as it

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piled up. Still pretty lively winds on Saturday but thankfully, it dries

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up during Sunday. Our next BBC Newsline is

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at 6:25 in the morning

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