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The mother of a pregnant woman murdered

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by her former partner has said her killer should never be released from

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Stephen Cahoon was convicted yesterday of killing mother

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of four Jean Quigley in her Londonderry home in 2008.

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Some viewers may find some of the pictures in Keiron Tourish's

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The family of Jean Quigley say they're relieved

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Yesterday her former partner Stephen Cahoon was found guilty for a second

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The victim's body was found by her mother, naked and bruised,

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Leave them was blood here and there. She was just cold. To find a girl

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out 30 years of age, no matter who it was, with four children, it

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should never be. I could not let go, it was like somebody had cut a piece

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of my heart out. You do not expect to find what I found, it was

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horrendous. This CCTV footage shows

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the last images of Jean Quigley She was 30 years old and ten

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weeks pregnant with his child. Cahoon has a history

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of violence against women. This is an image of Lynn McGall -

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he beat her beyond recognition At the trial Stephen Cahoon told

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the jury that he saw "red" when she told him the baby she

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was expecting wasn't his. So he said he

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"grabbed and pushed" her and put his He admitted strangling her

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but denied her murder. However the prosecution told

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the jury that that there was evidence of "violence from beginning

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to end" at the scene. Arrested in the Republic,

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Cahoon opted for a trial in Dublin. The first jury failed to reach

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a verdict. A subsequent conviction was quashed

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at appeal because of a technicality. Yesterday, another jury -

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the third - found him guilty. He's been sentenced to life

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imprisonment backdated to He should rot in hell. He should

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stay in that prison and never get out. He will, it is the law, when he

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has done this time, he is free to leave. What do you think of that? It

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is a joke. Life should mean life, he should stay in there for ever. He

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can come out and do it to somebody else which you probably will, he has

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the form for it. My thoughts are that he should never be let out. He

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is a danger to women. The mother or daughter should be used as a punch

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bag. -- should not be used as a punch bag. She was a wonderful woman

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who was loved by many. A 44 year old man's been in court

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accused of attempting to murder David Jordan from Cavana-linn

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in Pomeroy is the second person to A catholic police officer was badly

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injured when a bomb exploded under Judgement has been reserved

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in a legal challenge to Northern The action has been taken

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by two gay couples, who claim the current legislation is

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in breach of their human rights. Ten years ago Northern Ireland was

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seen by many as leading the way Belfast City Hall the venue for

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the UK's first civil partnership. Yesterday, a lawyer representing the

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couple said that a lack of same-sex marriage was having an emotional

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impact on some gay couples. He said that the current law makes Northern

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Ireland look like a blot on the map, a backward looking, divisive and

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divided society. David McMillen QC also highlighted

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the Assembly's recent majority vote in favour of same-sex marriage,

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and said he thought it was clear that the majority

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of society supports this. Mr Justice O'Hara heard the case

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in tandem with another who want their marriage

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in England to be recognised here. It is a breach of the right to be

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treated equally before the law and not face discrimination. And the

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exercise of the right to have the family. Amnesty International is

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clear this is a breach of human rights standards and hope that the

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judge sees it similarly. Today, a lawyer representing the

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Department of Finance and Personnel said Northern Ireland already

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recognised same sex couples via civil partnerships - that this

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satisfies the European Convention on Human Rights -

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and there was no legal obligation to Tony McGleenan QC also claimed

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a court intervention could I love is equal, it is not any less.

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We are not here to look for a religious ceremony, we are here

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today for a civil march and for our love to be represented as equal.

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Mr Justice O'Hara said there was a lot to be considered

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in both cases and will deliver his judgement in the New Year.

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Rick Faragher, BBC Newsline, Belfast High Court.

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The taxi firm Uber is launching in Belfast from next week.

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The US company already operates in more than 300 cities worldwide,

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Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell reports.

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Uber is a smartphone app which connects taxi drivers to their

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It's shaken up the industry across the world.

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That's prompted protests from existing operators who accuse

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Uber of playing fast and loose with taxi regulations.

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The firm's now been granted a licence to operate here.

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In a statement the department of the environment said :

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That means drivers must be properly qualified,

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as shown on this sign-up form the company was handing out today.

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They will bring more competition but one of the biggest operators in

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Belfast does not think it will mean new drivers. There would not be any

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new drivers on the road on Saturday night. This fallacy that people are

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talking about, the end of the problems at 130 in the morning. That

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is nonsense. The seven out of cars will be on the road in Belfast.

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New rules due to take effect in May next year mean that all taxis must

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A recent statement from the environment minister

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suggests that smartphones, which are at the centre of Uber's

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So the company may yet have a fight on its hands.

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Rugby now and Ulster beat Edinburgh in the Pro 12 tonight 14-7

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The home side was awarded a penalty try in the first five

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minutes, with a conversion by Paddy Jackson bringing the score to 7-0.

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Rory Scholes scored Ulster's second try in the 11th minute

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which was followed by another Jackson conversion.

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Edinburgh scored their try and conversion in the 2nd half.

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One match in the Danske Bank premiership tonight and Glenavon

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beat Carrick Rangers 2-0 at Mourneview Park.

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Both goals were scored by Daniel Kearns.

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A stormy weekend in store - with all the weather details,

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We have got some unpleasant weather coming our way this weekend. It is

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due to storm of Desmond, the fourth storm that has been named this

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season and will dominate weather tonight and tomorrow with strong

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wind and heavy rain across many parts of Britain and Ireland.

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Northern Ireland has warnings in force for heavy rain and strong

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winds. The rain will persist through the night, with legless at times in

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the West with it will be heavy and persistent. By morning the wind will

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ease but there could be some debris on the roads, some trees could be

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blown down. The wind will pick up again tomorrow. Wet Saturday to

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come, particularly in the West with the rainfall amounts building up.

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Rain will pale into Scotland and northern England too. And Amber

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Webber warning has been issued for central areas of Britain. There will

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be strong winds across modern England. It is dry over southern

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Britain, not quite as Wendy. For Northern Ireland, some wet and windy

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weather tomorrow. Top blend of 60 mph that could bring some trees down

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and it is the risk of flooding in some areas, especially in the West.

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The wet weather will wither away on Saturday night to be the drier day

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on Sunday with some sunshine. There will be a drop in temperature but

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the wind will drop to. More wet and windy weather on Sunday night and

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through Monday. Our next BBC Newsline is

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at six o'clock tomorrow evening. In the meantime you can keep up to

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date on Radio Ulster and from From all of us here

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on the programme,

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