:00:09. > :00:10.The mother of a pregnant woman murdered
:00:11. > :00:16.by her former partner has said her killer should never be released from
:00:17. > :00:20.Stephen Cahoon was convicted yesterday of killing mother
:00:21. > :00:23.of four Jean Quigley in her Londonderry home in 2008.
:00:24. > :00:25.Some viewers may find some of the pictures in Keiron Tourish's
:00:26. > :00:29.The family of Jean Quigley say they're relieved
:00:30. > :00:35.Yesterday her former partner Stephen Cahoon was found guilty for a second
:00:36. > :00:42.The victim's body was found by her mother, naked and bruised,
:00:43. > :01:05.Leave them was blood here and there. She was just cold. To find a girl
:01:06. > :01:14.out 30 years of age, no matter who it was, with four children, it
:01:15. > :01:18.should never be. I could not let go, it was like somebody had cut a piece
:01:19. > :01:20.of my heart out. You do not expect to find what I found, it was
:01:21. > :01:21.horrendous. This CCTV footage shows
:01:22. > :01:24.the last images of Jean Quigley She was 30 years old and ten
:01:25. > :01:29.weeks pregnant with his child. Cahoon has a history
:01:30. > :01:32.of violence against women. This is an image of Lynn McGall -
:01:33. > :01:35.he beat her beyond recognition At the trial Stephen Cahoon told
:01:36. > :01:42.the jury that he saw "red" when she told him the baby she
:01:43. > :01:47.was expecting wasn't his. So he said he
:01:48. > :01:49."grabbed and pushed" her and put his He admitted strangling her
:01:50. > :01:55.but denied her murder. However the prosecution told
:01:56. > :01:58.the jury that that there was evidence of "violence from beginning
:01:59. > :02:02.to end" at the scene. Arrested in the Republic,
:02:03. > :02:06.Cahoon opted for a trial in Dublin. The first jury failed to reach
:02:07. > :02:14.a verdict. A subsequent conviction was quashed
:02:15. > :02:16.at appeal because of a technicality. Yesterday, another jury -
:02:17. > :02:19.the third - found him guilty. He's been sentenced to life
:02:20. > :02:31.imprisonment backdated to He should rot in hell. He should
:02:32. > :02:35.stay in that prison and never get out. He will, it is the law, when he
:02:36. > :02:41.has done this time, he is free to leave. What do you think of that? It
:02:42. > :02:46.is a joke. Life should mean life, he should stay in there for ever. He
:02:47. > :02:50.can come out and do it to somebody else which you probably will, he has
:02:51. > :03:02.the form for it. My thoughts are that he should never be let out. He
:03:03. > :03:09.is a danger to women. The mother or daughter should be used as a punch
:03:10. > :03:17.bag. -- should not be used as a punch bag. She was a wonderful woman
:03:18. > :03:19.who was loved by many. A 44 year old man's been in court
:03:20. > :03:22.accused of attempting to murder David Jordan from Cavana-linn
:03:23. > :03:27.in Pomeroy is the second person to A catholic police officer was badly
:03:28. > :03:32.injured when a bomb exploded under Judgement has been reserved
:03:33. > :03:40.in a legal challenge to Northern The action has been taken
:03:41. > :03:46.by two gay couples, who claim the current legislation is
:03:47. > :03:49.in breach of their human rights. Ten years ago Northern Ireland was
:03:50. > :03:56.seen by many as leading the way Belfast City Hall the venue for
:03:57. > :04:20.the UK's first civil partnership. Yesterday, a lawyer representing the
:04:21. > :04:24.couple said that a lack of same-sex marriage was having an emotional
:04:25. > :04:28.impact on some gay couples. He said that the current law makes Northern
:04:29. > :04:30.Ireland look like a blot on the map, a backward looking, divisive and
:04:31. > :04:33.divided society. David McMillen QC also highlighted
:04:34. > :04:36.the Assembly's recent majority vote in favour of same-sex marriage,
:04:37. > :04:39.and said he thought it was clear that the majority
:04:40. > :04:41.of society supports this. Mr Justice O'Hara heard the case
:04:42. > :04:45.in tandem with another who want their marriage
:04:46. > :04:55.in England to be recognised here. It is a breach of the right to be
:04:56. > :05:00.treated equally before the law and not face discrimination. And the
:05:01. > :05:03.exercise of the right to have the family. Amnesty International is
:05:04. > :05:04.clear this is a breach of human rights standards and hope that the
:05:05. > :05:06.judge sees it similarly. Today, a lawyer representing the
:05:07. > :05:14.Department of Finance and Personnel said Northern Ireland already
:05:15. > :05:17.recognised same sex couples via civil partnerships - that this
:05:18. > :05:19.satisfies the European Convention on Human Rights -
:05:20. > :05:21.and there was no legal obligation to Tony McGleenan QC also claimed
:05:22. > :05:34.a court intervention could I love is equal, it is not any less.
:05:35. > :05:38.We are not here to look for a religious ceremony, we are here
:05:39. > :05:41.today for a civil march and for our love to be represented as equal.
:05:42. > :05:43.Mr Justice O'Hara said there was a lot to be considered
:05:44. > :05:47.in both cases and will deliver his judgement in the New Year.
:05:48. > :05:49.Rick Faragher, BBC Newsline, Belfast High Court.
:05:50. > :05:52.The taxi firm Uber is launching in Belfast from next week.
:05:53. > :05:56.The US company already operates in more than 300 cities worldwide,
:05:57. > :06:03.Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell reports.
:06:04. > :06:05.Uber is a smartphone app which connects taxi drivers to their
:06:06. > :06:13.It's shaken up the industry across the world.
:06:14. > :06:18.That's prompted protests from existing operators who accuse
:06:19. > :06:22.Uber of playing fast and loose with taxi regulations.
:06:23. > :06:27.The firm's now been granted a licence to operate here.
:06:28. > :06:35.In a statement the department of the environment said :
:06:36. > :06:38.That means drivers must be properly qualified,
:06:39. > :06:47.as shown on this sign-up form the company was handing out today.
:06:48. > :06:53.They will bring more competition but one of the biggest operators in
:06:54. > :06:57.Belfast does not think it will mean new drivers. There would not be any
:06:58. > :07:01.new drivers on the road on Saturday night. This fallacy that people are
:07:02. > :07:06.talking about, the end of the problems at 130 in the morning. That
:07:07. > :07:12.is nonsense. The seven out of cars will be on the road in Belfast.
:07:13. > :07:19.New rules due to take effect in May next year mean that all taxis must
:07:20. > :07:21.A recent statement from the environment minister
:07:22. > :07:23.suggests that smartphones, which are at the centre of Uber's
:07:24. > :07:29.So the company may yet have a fight on its hands.
:07:30. > :07:33.Rugby now and Ulster beat Edinburgh in the Pro 12 tonight 14-7
:07:34. > :07:41.The home side was awarded a penalty try in the first five
:07:42. > :07:47.minutes, with a conversion by Paddy Jackson bringing the score to 7-0.
:07:48. > :07:50.Rory Scholes scored Ulster's second try in the 11th minute
:07:51. > :07:52.which was followed by another Jackson conversion.
:07:53. > :07:58.Edinburgh scored their try and conversion in the 2nd half.
:07:59. > :08:00.One match in the Danske Bank premiership tonight and Glenavon
:08:01. > :08:02.beat Carrick Rangers 2-0 at Mourneview Park.
:08:03. > :08:11.Both goals were scored by Daniel Kearns.
:08:12. > :08:17.A stormy weekend in store - with all the weather details,
:08:18. > :08:24.We have got some unpleasant weather coming our way this weekend. It is
:08:25. > :08:27.due to storm of Desmond, the fourth storm that has been named this
:08:28. > :08:32.season and will dominate weather tonight and tomorrow with strong
:08:33. > :08:35.wind and heavy rain across many parts of Britain and Ireland.
:08:36. > :08:40.Northern Ireland has warnings in force for heavy rain and strong
:08:41. > :08:44.winds. The rain will persist through the night, with legless at times in
:08:45. > :08:49.the West with it will be heavy and persistent. By morning the wind will
:08:50. > :08:53.ease but there could be some debris on the roads, some trees could be
:08:54. > :08:59.blown down. The wind will pick up again tomorrow. Wet Saturday to
:09:00. > :09:03.come, particularly in the West with the rainfall amounts building up.
:09:04. > :09:07.Rain will pale into Scotland and northern England too. And Amber
:09:08. > :09:10.Webber warning has been issued for central areas of Britain. There will
:09:11. > :09:17.be strong winds across modern England. It is dry over southern
:09:18. > :09:23.Britain, not quite as Wendy. For Northern Ireland, some wet and windy
:09:24. > :09:26.weather tomorrow. Top blend of 60 mph that could bring some trees down
:09:27. > :09:31.and it is the risk of flooding in some areas, especially in the West.
:09:32. > :09:34.The wet weather will wither away on Saturday night to be the drier day
:09:35. > :09:39.on Sunday with some sunshine. There will be a drop in temperature but
:09:40. > :09:41.the wind will drop to. More wet and windy weather on Sunday night and
:09:42. > :09:48.through Monday. Our next BBC Newsline is
:09:49. > :09:52.at six o'clock tomorrow evening. In the meantime you can keep up to
:09:53. > :09:56.date on Radio Ulster and from From all of us here
:09:57. > :09:57.on the programme,