08/04/2016 BBC Newsline

The police say part of the M1 is likely to remain closed

into the night because of a serious crash earlier this evening.

It happened between the junctions for Moira and Lurgan.

Motorists who have been delayed by the closure have been advised

This is the three vehicle collision that emergency services have been

dealing with since around 5:30pm this evening. At this stage, police

have not released details of any casualties. It happened on the

country bound lane of the M1 between Moira and Lurgan, right in the

middle of rush hour. One woman told the BBC she had been caught up in

the disruption for several hours. Loads of people en masse have just

decided to turn their cars and go the wrong way down the hard shoulder

and it is scary and pandemonium. People were getting out of their

vehicles, people were getting more and more I vote. People had young

children in the car, one couple had a young baby that was screaming.

Initially, the police only closed the country bound lane but they have

since closed both sides of the motorway. Police are warning people

delayed by the closure not to leave their vehicles, attempt U-turns or

drive up the hard shoulder, for their own safety.

A court's heard that Londonderry man Paul McCauley was the victim

The 38-year-old died last June, nine years after being assaulted

This afternoon, a 28-year-old man appeared in court in the city this

Here's our north-west reporter Keiron Tourish.

Before the court was Matthew Brian Gillen

from Kennedy Place in the Fountain Estate.

He's accused of the murder of Paul McCauley in June last year.

He's also charged with causing grievous bodily harm and attempted

The accused stood in the dock in a grey sweatshirt

and replied "yep" when asked if he understood the charges.

A detective said he believed he could connect him

he described the attack on the civil servant as sectarian.

38-year-old Paul McCauley died in June last year in a care facility

with his family at his bedside, nine years after he was attacked

He was attending a BBQ in Chapel Road in

It was organised for a friend going off to work in the Middle East,

and was attended by a mixed group of Catholic, Protestant

A number of people came out of bushes and attacked the civil

After the assault, they made off in the direction of the loyalist

The father of one needed constant care after being subjected

Part of his skull was crushed when he was stamped on.

One man has been charged with his murder -

Piper John McClements from the Fountain Estate.

He was previously known as Daryl Proctor and changed his

name while serving a 13-year sentence for inflicting grievous

bodily harm with intent on Paul McCauley during the attack.

A detective constable quoted the International Monitoring

Commission and said this was an unsanctioned UDA attack.

He said Matthew Brian Gillen was still linked to loyalism

paramilitarism, or at least was supportive of them,

and that was based on items found in house searches.

The officer objected to bail and said he could interfere

with witnesses, flee the country or obstruct the course of justice.

He also said he was the subject of threats from various

A defence lawyer said his client was denying the offence.

He said he was a person of good character who'd been in employment

for ten years and who had no previous convictions.

He said the only evidence against him was audio recordings

which were in the hands of the PSNI, and there were no steps he could

Matthew Brian Gillen was given bail of ?2,000 and ordered

He was also told not to leave the jurisdiction and have no contact

directly or indirectly with anyone connected with the case.

charged with murdering his girlfriend in Lurgan.

and from Knocknagore Road in Gilford,

denies killing Laura Marshall at her home last weekend.

The sink in the bathroom where Laura's body was found

The leak attracted the attention of the landlord

and led to the discovery of her body.

A horrifying description of the scene

was given by a detective Sergeant, but it was the boyfriend,

Gary O'Dowd, who appeared in court charged with murder.

They also revealed that the couple's three-year relationship

had featured what he called a catalogue of incidents

Applying for ball, a defence lawyer argued that

there was no forensic evidence to connect

but CCTV of the flat showed no sign of him

coming or going at any point and there was no eyewitness.

The detective confirmed that during 25 interviews

Gary O'Dowd had consistently denied any involvement

Bail was refused and Gary O'Dowd will appear again in court

Some news Sherston and the police have just confirmed that a woman has

died following that crash on the M1. A judge has ruled that

a current inquiry into abuse in Northern Ireland is equipped

to fully investigate allegations relating to a former children's

home in East Belfast. The Government had said

that the now-closed Kincora Boys home should remain under the remit

of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry - sitting in Banbridge

and not a Westminster inquiry. But campaigners argued

that the local inquiry didn't have enough powers to investigate claims

against the Intelligence services. Golf and Rory McIlory is currently

in joint second place in the Masters tournament in Augusta. He is two

shots behind the reigning champion Jordan Spieth.

Here is Stephen Watson. It has been a day of patience, control and

concentration for Rory McIlory. How pleased are you with the way you

performed? I am very pleased. It was around, especially in the

conditions, that could have got away from me, especially making a bogey

on 11th and dropping back to 2-over for the day at that point, so to

play the last six or seven holes in 3-under par is really pleasing and

it felt like on the way in, it was playing tough and I am really happy

with the day's work and in a great position. It was a day to be

mentally tough and resilient was absolutely key. It was, it was one

of those days where you couldn't let a bad break it to you, you just

needed to focus on the next shot in hand. I feel like I did that very

well and have done that very well over the last couple of days. I know

conditions will be similar tomorrow so I am going to have to do it

again. And you have put yourself right where you want to be going

into the weekend. A big performance expected from you, I am sure. You

know, it is great to be in this position. It has been a few years

since I have been in this position at the Masters, to have a real

chance going into the weekend, so I am happy with where I am at. I feel

like I have prepared as well as I could and feel like I have gotten to

know how this golf course plays with this wind over the next couple of

days, so looking forward to playing some good golf at least tomorrow in

breezy conditions again and set myself up for a big Sunday. Thanks

very much, play well tomorrow, Rory McIlory, right in contention as he

goes for the Grand Slam. And in football, Derry City

are top of the Premier Division after a 3-0 home win

over Shamrock Rovers. Now finally onto the weekend weather

forecast with Geoff Maskell. Hello, good evening. Stand-by for

what is going to be quite chilly night. Plenty of rain through the

day today and as that moves off to the east, we are into a much colder

zone of air. It means in some rural areas, we could see temperatures as

low as minus four. So a busy night for the road surface with the

critters out and had the chance of icy patches on untreated roads. This

time of year, the sun gets a reasonably early so any of those icy

patches should burn back quite quickly, but despite the chilly

start, it is going to be quite a decent morning. Some spells of dry

and bright weather through the morning, temperatures up to maybe 7

degrees so feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine. This is the front that

brought us all the rain today, it has pushed off into the North Sea

and behind it, into those cooler temperatures and it means wintry

showers over the North Wales coast and increasingly, that is going to

be the case over Northern Ireland through the afternoon on Saturday.

Any other showers have the potential to be wintry in nature, the chance

of a little bit of hail and thunder in the mix as well. As we head into

the second half of the weekend, well, we keep that chilly theme, but

what you will notice as we go through the day is the breeze starts

to pick up. So while the air temperature might be a little bit

warmer than Saturday, as that breeze picks up, it won't necessarily feel

any warmer. So as we head into the weekend, largely dry, not the worst

forecast we have ever had but it is going to be a little bit on the

chilly side. And that is it, good night.