20/12/2011 BBC Newsline

Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel

Thompson. The headlines this Tuesday evening.

They Ballymena man who raped a pensioner had been out of prison

for just two days. He had raped before that. He got out and raped

someone else. It is claimed that the son of one of the Troubles most

notorious terrorists was the getaway driver in the Massereene

murders. Where men move into try to prevent

any more landslides at homes in Londonderry.

PGA referee quits after a club involved in a mass brawl was given

a reprieve. A white some of our top sports men and women may miss out

on a place in next year's Olympic Games. And after today's chill, it

might temperatures tomorrow will be closer to those of mid-to-late

April. The police have defended how sex offenders are monitored in the

community after news that a Ballymena man raped a 74-year-old

woman within two days of being freed from custody. 26-year-old

Barry Johnston will be sentenced next month for what has been

described as a vicious and diabolical crime. A group which

works with rape victim says the case raises serious questions

because Johnston had not only been convicted for a previous rape, but

had also breached the sex offences order. The court was told that

Barry Johnston's elderly victim had pleaded with him after he entered

her house in August last year. The pensioner said to him, have mercy

on me, I am an old woman. He went ahead and rector. After the attack,

he told her not to reported, but she confided in a neighbour and the

police were alerted and Johnston was arrested on the basis of DNA

evidence. Johnston has a previous rape conviction and had served a

sentence. The latest attack happened two days after he was

released from custody for breaching a sex offences order in relation to

that prior conviction. A rape victims' group said it is concerned.

Obviously there are different categories of sex offenders and I

cannot category --, De more category he was in. There should

have been more robust protocols put in place, because someone has been

grievously damaged as a result of this. In the vast majority of cases,

these work, but in this case, we cannot always predict what will

happen and unfortunately these things do happen. The PSNI

described the attack on the pensioner as horrendous and

diabolical. The court was told that Barry Johnston's victim was at risk

of suffering from clinical depression and was unlikely to

return it to be the person she was before the attack. Johnston also

admitted possessing drugs and will be sentenced here on sixth January.

A son of one of Northern Ireland's most notorious terrorists, Dominic

McGlinchey, has been named in court as the getaway driver in the murder

of two soldiers at Massereene Barracks. The claim was made by a

barrister representing Colin Duffy, one of two men accused of the

murders. Dominic McGlinchey, a self-confessed killer, was shot

dead in chocolate heir in 1994. Today, the court was told that one

of his sons was the driver of the car used during the attack in

Massereene Barracks which code soldiers' Mark Quinsey and Patrick

Azimkar. The claim was made by the defence barrister For: Duffy. He

told the court that police have reliable information to indicate

that one of the McGlinchey sons drove the car. He said both Dominic

junior and his brother Declan had been arrested and questioned about

the offences. The court also heard from Colin Duffy's wife. She said

her husband had been at home on the night of the attack, that she

remembered the date because they had been tired after attending a

friend's wedding the day before. Martine Duffy said she believed the

attack on the soldiers was absolutely terrible and she

believed those responsible should be cut. It is awful she said that

my husband should be accused of it, but summing up the case, the

prosecution barrister Terence Mooney said there could be no

innocent explanation for DNA been found in the getaway car,

particularly Colin Duffy's on the tip of a latex glove for. He said

it was related to the attack and was obviously present and had

become detached from a glove worn by a terrorist who was trying to

prevent traces of forensic material which could make a link between the

terrace, the car itself and the attack. The court is entitled to

draw inferences adverse to Duffy because he failed to give evidence.

But Barry MacDonald QC said they were such complete absence of

evidence against Colin Duffy that the prosecution did not know what

case to make against 10. He said he was not a gun man nor of the driver

of the car and inviting the just to draw an inference for him failing

to take the stand was dangerous and entering a miscarriage of justice

territory. The case continues. A man charged with the murder of a

Crossmaglen man in Duntocher has been found dead in a holding cell

at Dublin court house. Shane Rogers was accused of shooting the man 10

days ago and was on suicide watch. It is understood he took his own

life. The Prison Service and Bacardi are investigating.

On BBC Newsline last night we reported that the police were

investigating six allegations of abuse at Lissue Children's Hospital

and Forster Green Hospital it, including one which was alleged to

have happened this year. This was based on a request made to the

police under the Freedom of Information Act. The police have

now clarified that they are not investigating any reports of abuse

from this year. He now the latest on the dangerous

wall that has caused landslides behind -- beside terraced housing

in Londonderry. Work by contractors to secure the area in and around

Marlborough Terrace began this afternoon with emergency funding

coming from the Department of the Environment. Kevin Sharkey has been

reporting since the first landslide last week. We were told a residents

may have to leave their homes because of the danger? Well, they

have not had to leave their homes and I contended there is a lot of

relief at that, because it is Christmas week and who wants to

have to leave their homes during Christmas week? If there was relief

at this, there is even more relieved that the clear up after a

long, hard and anxious week is now underway. The force of nature

brought much of this wall down, now it is the turn of man and machine.

They are making it safe. This is how a quarter of a million pounds

is helping to stabilise a huge bit of earth, and dangerous land bank

behind one row of terraced housing above another. It collapsed in the

last week twice. It smashed a band and two cause and wrecking a car

workshop, leaving this community facing safety and health risks. Now,

almost a week after that first landslide, action. Contractors

accompanied by heavy machinery and heavier materials, a week-long

crisis needing this emergency response. This is a story of

families, their fears and worries. Lives disrupted in Christmas week.

Today, a little irony, a lot of noise at bringing calm and

reassurance to the people living here. Well, there is a lot of

relief around a Marlborough Terrace that this work is now under way

after such a difficult week. I am joined by a member of Derry city

Council. Relief from everyone concerned? Absolutely. The

contractor was appointed first thing this morning and as you can

see, there is a considerable rump above activity and a large amount

of work has been completed to stabilise some of the priority

areas and there is a programme of work advanced over the next couple

of days. Thank you. Derry city Council has been playing a lead

role along with other agencies including the Department of the

Environment, but most of all this story is about people and families

and residents, among them this woman. Marion, it has been a long

and difficult week for you. Very stressful. Very worrying for

everyone. Bank got it is started. I would like to thank everyone.

Everyone will be safe and well and we will all have a nice Christmas

and sleep the better. Thank you for joining us. It has been such a

difficult week for all concerned. Everyone is very happy comet with

days to go to Christmas, that this work is now under way. Thank you.

A formal Anglo-Irish Bank at a factory in County Cavan under

surveillance after hearing that the businessman Sean Quinn was planning

to start a new company there. The details emerged during a High Court

hearing with the bank is trying to have this bankruptcy in Northern

Ireland over terms. The bank says that Sean Quinn who until recently

was reported to be Ireland's richest man, close at about �2.4

billion. Arab business correspondent Kevin Magee has the

latest on the court challenge. Sean Quinn's bankruptcy in Northern

Ireland has been challenged by lawyers from the former anger --

Anglo-Irish Bank. They argue that he is based in the Republic and

should have been the bank up there. He would face much longer periods

of disqualification there. He claims the centre of his business

interest has a whole has always been in Derrylin in County

Fermanagh. Mr Quinn's barrister said the affairs of the Quinn

family were conducted from Derrylin and it was custom and practice for

the banks to send all Quinn family correspondence to the former Queen

headquarters in Derrylin. He said that Mr Quinn as the UK National

Insurance number and was drawing the UK state pension. After the

bank effectively told him to leave his Derrylin headquarters, he says

he moved to another premises in this industrial park, but the bank

insists his business is really best -- based where he lives south of

the border. Earlier, the court was told by the Bank that it had

engaged a security firm to gather information on Mr Quinn after it

had seen rumours on a wet side that he was planning to start a new

business in the disused factory in County Cavan. It was denied that Mr

Quinn were members of his family had been watched by the Dublin-

based security firm. He said that people born not been followed and

that surveillance was too strong a word for what was happening.

Judgment has been reserved and will be delivered in the New Year.

A GAA referee has said he is quitting the game because sanctions

imposed on a club whose members attacked him have been watered down

on appeal. Ray Matthews was assaulted in the autumn and the

club from Rasharkin in County Antrim was banned from competition.

Now it has been told will be allowed to play. It was the day the

GAA laid down a marker to its members. Lengthy bands and

expulsions for 10 people from Rasharkin's GAA club involved in an

assault on a referee. The plant itself kicked out of senior hurling

and football for the entire year. It was an attack on Ray Matthews

Bitts Park debt. He was the victim of a sustained physical assault

after a close-fought and controversial under 21 match in

October. Another of the officials who was there described the scene

it to BBC Newsline at the time. those people had not been there, we

would not have stood a chance. were fearful for you live? I were

not say for my life, but from a good kicking, yes. Antrim county

board which handed out the sanctions was praised for its

stance, tackling the kind of thuggish behaviour which Mars GAA

matches and indicating that match officials would be protected.

Rasharkin did not question the individual sanctions but did appear

that a band to the Ulster Council and it has now been rescinded.

Rasharkin GAA will be able to play in senior competition but will not

have home fixtures and that move has angered Ray Matthews who today

told BBC Newsline that he decided to quit over it. He said that he

feared for his life the day of the assault and that he was extremely

annoyed, disappointed and disgusted at the appeal decision. Referees he

said had been left high and dry by what had happened. There are two

schools of thought in the GAA about this. The first is that by banning

the entire club, the Antrim county board was that -- punishing all the

members for something only some of them were involved in. If the GAA

is serious about tackling violence in sport, it suggests, particularly

those directed at match officials, it has to stand by the sanctions

and that by watering them down, the Ulster Council is sending GAA fans

Still to come: They drive the fastest cars in the world but that

is not all they have in common. And Santa's helpers get ready for

their big night. They are all of them in their.

250 motorists have been called -- caught drinking and driving in the

past few weeks. The three were four times over the alcohol limit. So

drunk that they couldn't stand up. If you have been driving out over

the last few weeks, you may have been stopped by a police officer.

Often it ends up being a friendly chat but the police have court does

of motorists who have had too much to drink. Since they started their

campaign on 25th November, the police have stopped 250 drink-

drivers. That is 28 more than last year. In 2010, fewer people were

driving because of the snow. The oldest was 72 and the youngest was

16. Some motorists who failed a breath tests were very drunk.

highest we have had his 155. The legal prefaced 35 so that is over

four times the legal limit. That is falling down drunk are witches

utter madness. The risk that they pose to themselves is bad enough

but the risk to motorists going about their normal business is vast.

TV adverts like this are direct and often graphic. The police say they

are disappointed that so many people are still ignoring the

warnings. A 34 year-old man has been in court

charged with the man's daughter of a Coleraine father of three at the

weekend. Colin McLeister died after falling down the stairs at Tayport

rush nightclub. The man was charged with unlawful killing on 17th

December. Police made -- believe there was a row on that night.

A man whose body was found behind a derelict building in Port Stewart

last night was Christopher Connor, the 20 year-old from Coleraine. He

was reported missing in the area at the weekend.

Liam Adams, the brother of Gerry Adams will find out tomorrow if he

is to be freed on bail by a -- for the alleged sexual abuse of his

daughter. Today, Judge Tom Burgess told the risk of flight was an

issue. Liam at L -- Liam Adams denies 18 charges including rape.

His daughter has waived the right to anonymity.

With only five more sleeps two Christmas Day, at some

schoolchildren will be joining us here over the next few days to sing

carols. Tomorrow we have Cedar Lodge School from North Belfast.

Before the music tonight, we will be in search of Santa's reindeer

and they are not all in Lapland. Now for the sport and there could

be fewer members of the Irish Olympic team heading to London 2012.

Stephen Watson will explain. The Olympic Council of Ireland is

existing that athletes must meet a standard times if they want to be

part of the Irish team going to the Olympic Games. Local athletes such

as Jason Smythe and Melanie Nocher will not be in the team. The

council insists their stance is raising standards.

Lord Coe giving a guided tour of London's Olympic Park to the woman

who has been in charge of team Ireland at next summer's Games. As

a former Olympic silver medallist, Sonia O'Sullivan knows what it

takes to read the top level of international sport. When it comes

to qualifying for the Games, she can appreciate why the Irish

officials are demanding a golden entry standards. There has been

athletes that have gone to the Olympic Games before and maybe they

didn't then that's part. They went there and didn't justify being on

the Olympic team and we want to eliminate that. We are looking at

athletes that can go out there and make a difference. We don't... It

is not that we don't want to shut the door on those that have

potential, we want them to take the stepping stones. As things stand,

no Northern Ireland track and field athlete will be on the plane next

summer. Jason Smythe and Kieran McKeon have only got to the beat

qualifying standards. Athletics Ireland officials say that raising

the bar is raising standards. have put the standard out there and

we have 20 people qualifying. Raise the bar and people step-up to the

plate. Coaches agree with the standards and suggest there is room

for Lee Wave. As a coach, I said my standards high. Maybe we have too

much set in concrete. Some might leave athletics. Maybe we should go

the UK it way. They would send athletes for GB and Northern

Ireland if they had the standard on a regular basis. The Olympic

Council of Ireland says it is determined to stick with its plan

for London. Nobody said qualifying would be easy but for some

competitors, it is more difficult than ever.

They are both from the same town in County Down, drive some of the

fastest cars in the world and are previous winners of the breed it --

British and racing driver of the year. That is not the only thing

the two men have in common. They happen to share the same surname. -

- British racing driver of the year. Johnny and Steven Kane's success is

not known but they have had great success in America and all over

Europe. We came to the same conclusion that we are brothers and

both of average height. We are both from Northern Ireland and both of

the same name. It is an obvious conclusion for people to come to.

We were talking about the possibility that we could be

related back in the generations. It is weird that we come from the same

place at the same time. For decades, motor sport has been MP vesting

time and money in cars like these on to the track. It is here in

England where the hard work and preparation is done to get to where

our top motorsport drivers through the races. Sports car racing has

been out there for the last 30 or 40 years and it has got bigger and

better. We were getting crowds of up to 230,000 at some races. It is

an eye opener for me. It was a great opportunity to get to America

and get stuck in. Both men won races this year and will set their

sights and competing at their Le Mans at 24 hour next year. At Le

Mans, we will cover the whole season in 24 hours. Because of very

technical. They are as quickly as you can get. They will be no

slowing down for this pair as preparations are underway for next

year. -- the their will. They are five matches today.

Linfield are at home to Lisburn Distillery. The nearest challengers

to the champions of Portadown who have climbed up to second after

back-to-back wins and travel to Carrick tonight determined to keep

their good run going. I have said all along that if we

can keep the players fit, there is no reason why we can't keep it

going. That is the key for us, keeping everyone fit. We are happy

with the position we are in. We will always be stronger in the

second half of the season and that is what we are looking for.

Live coverage is on line. Finally, 19 year-old Rory Donnelly.

Today he was speaking to Liverpool and confirmed he has already spoken

to Everton. The transfer saga goes on. Only he knows where he is going.

Busy time for Santa and his team. Not less for his reindeers. They

are having to get into shape to pull those heavy sleigh's across

the skies. Did you know they are closer to us

Add a sprinkle of snow and a bit of magic and this could be Santa's

Lapland. 30 deer live in this park but many others roam around 400

acres of woodland. Deer have been associated with this area for

centuries. John looks after them -- them that he loves his job at

Christmas. In the wind time -- wintertime, you get a lot more

children coming to look after and see Santa's dear. I will be here on

Friday evening and will gather up Rudolph, dancer and pram said.

Rudolph is the biggest one. This park is open every day of the year.

When these dear return on Boxing Day, they will be treated to a real

The rain deer don't mind the cold weather and don't mind the snowbird

based not much of that over the next day or so.

It was cool today and it will be changing by daytime we head towards

tomorrow morning. We have mild air flooding back in and that is going

to extend his way from tomorrow into Thursday. We have dry weather

with it as well. The rain has been gathering again and at the moment,

we have it everywhere. The breeze will start to pick up. It is this

part of the event that is the coolest part as well. Temperatures

up to six Celsius. The second part of the night becomes dry and breezy.

Temperatures up to ten Celsius. That mild weather stays with us

tomorrow. There is going to be a lot of cloud in the sky and a dark

and gloomy morning with hill fog around and patchy drizzle. Other

than that, it is mainly dry and stood -- should continue. The

breeze will help break up the cloud a little bit. The cloud is a bit

more stubborn towards the West but it should lift over the hills. The

temperatures of very mild indeed for this time of year. Not too much

change tomorrow night. It is mainly dry, cloudy and breezy.

Temperatures around nine Celsius. Into Thursday, it creaks backed up

-- Create Backup to 12 Celsius. It looks as if we are going to see

more cloud and sunshine although it is pretty mild. That cloud is going

to be thickening as we head through Thursday night. We have a band of

rain but it is going to be cooler rain but it is going to be cooler

behind that. Our late news summary is that when