22/02/2016 BBC Newsline

Two young men have been jailed for the torture and rape

The court was told of the "exceptional degradation"

of the 17-year-old boy, attacked in an "appalling

One man was sentenced to 11 years, the other to six,

and both were put on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.

Aodhan Woods, from Belfast, says he is not a victim,

but a survivor and he hopes that, by talking

about his ordeal in public, he will help others

He spoke to our reporter, Sara Neill.

Tied up, locked in a cupboard and sexually assaulted. He was just 17

when he was subjected to what the judge described as a horrific and

audio. Adjusted not know what was going to happen and the whole idea

-- ordeal was terrifying. He was attacked in flat Darren Fu by and

decor accused who cannot be named. He was threatened at knife-point,

locked in a cupboard and subjected to several serious sexual assaults

over a few hours. It left psychological scars and he was

diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, but with his right to

anonymity, to help others who have suffered the same ordeal. I am

slowly building my trust by cop of people. It is hard to think how your

friends could do that to you. What do you think of them though? The

monsters. I hate them both. They have not ruined his life because he

is a good person. He is hopeful that by taking the brave step of speaking

out about what happened, others will stand up to the abusers. I have been

so so much and I will be a better person and this has inspired me. I

want others to have the confidence to come forward, rather than having

the fear that they cannot speak to anyone about it. I feel so much

better having spoken out. The Prime Minister told the Commons

this afternoon that the Secretary of State's backing of the campaign

for the UK to leave the EU Earlier, Deputy First Minister

Martin McGuinness had said Our political correspondent

Gareth Gordon reports. Theresa Villiers Once out of the

European Union. The Deputy First Minister wants about the job in

Northern Ireland. I think if she is part of the exit campaign, the

proper thing would be for her to step aside. That is stronger than

the other Stormont parties. But the also have major concerns about her

position. I talked to her last year and said that if she could not

divorce her position here as secretary of State from her position

within regard to the European Union, her position would be untenable. She

will have the best interests of Northern Ireland at heart in the

decision she has made. The party were clean to play down any

division. It is entirely principled of her to take the position she has

taken. I mean, should the Deputy First Minister resigned because he

has made his position clear? I think it is all a bit of a red herring. In

the House of Commons, the Prime Minister was asked about the

situation facing Northern Ireland and the case of an exit. I look

forward to going to Northern Ireland and speaking to the people about why

we should remain in the European Union. The Ulster Unionist executive

although meet to decide what to do. We want to be the people who will

listen to the business community, the other communities and that is

what we will do in the next few days. A former Ulster Ulster

Unionist leader said he wanted to leave. We see that Europe is

basically a failure. It is not generating jobs, which we are. That

is also going to be very significant. It is unlikely that the

votes from Northern Ireland, one of the smallest parts of the United

Kingdom, will be that overwhelmingly significant, but it is clear that

there is good to be vibrant debate coming up in this part of the world.

Our political editor Mark Devenport asked Theresa Villiers to respond

to the call for her to resign over her support for a UK exit.

I do not accept that at all. I am totally dedicated to my position

here. I will continue to do that. I have been involved in this campaign

but that will not distract me from a moment. Do you think there's a

strong level of support in Northern Ireland for the European Union? Is

that difficult given your position? The reality is that we are going to

embark on a huge democratic process, whereby every man and woman in the

province and in the rest of the United Kingdom gets to make this

decision. The decision is not what I think the Cabinet thinks what the

Prime Minister thinks, he has given us all the decision on what our

relationship with the European Union should be. I think it is great that

people will have that choice, which no government has given them for

over 40 years. It is high time it has happened and I welcome the

democracy of this Conservative government in giving people the

chance. And tomorrow morning,

Good Morning, Ulster will be debating whether we are safer

in or out of Europe. They will be hearing

from Sir Hugh Orde and getting his views

on the security implications That is on BBC Radio Ulster,

from 6.30 in the morning. An officer from the police in Kent,

who was in charge of investigating the child killer and rapist

Robert Howard, threatened to report Detective Superintendent Colin

Murray was giving evidence at the inquest into the murder

of Arlene Arkinson, who disappeared after a night out in

Bundoran in 1994. The sister Arlene Arkinson of with:

money, the detective who finally put Robert Howard behind bars. He wanted

to establish a pattern of behaviour and central to the case was the

abduction and murder of Arlene Arkinson. The PSNI said they had

intelligence that she was buried under the floor of her sister and it

was at that point he was going to make a complaint to the police

ombudsman. He said he never thought the intelligence was credible. To

secure a conviction in another case, he had to disprove it. With the

permission of the family of Arlene Arkinson, a radar search was carried

out which can showed that she was not body gear. Robert Howard The

inquest also hear from one of the last people to see her alive. Robert

Howard Jock Mr Hegarty and his girlfriend form. He said although he

had heard rumours about Arlene Arkinson being sexually assaulted,

he says he did not fear for her safety as they drove off. The health

minister said any changes with regard to smoking and cars are

likely to come forward before 2017. A former DUP councillor has admitted

more than 20 fraud charges. Londonderry Magistrates Court

was told he made false claims for heating oil,

totalling almost ?9,000, Here is our North West

reporter, Keiron Tourish. Before the court was 55 Bill Irwin

-year-old, who has admitted that totalled 23 charges. The relate to

March 2009 two 2014, when he made false claims for heating oil to the

assembly. The court was told he had the fuel delivered to his home, but

with the costs through his constituency office. It had been

paid for through the public purse by the Northern Ireland assembly. It

totalled nearly ?9,000. His barrister said he would enter a plea

of guilty to all of the charges. The District Court ordered him to

cooperate fully with the probation service. During the period of the

fences, he was a constituency office worker. He had previously

represented the party in the City Council from 1993 until 1997. His

sentence will be made at the beginning of April.

Work has begun at the site of a controversial oil well

Contractors started felling trees at Woodburn Forest,

close to Carrickfergus this morning, ahead of a planned exploratory

The company, InfraStrata, says measures will be taken

to protect the environment, but opponents say chemicals used

in the process potentially pose a risk to the environment.

We can get a look at the weather now, with Angie.

Good evening, we have had the court north-westerly wind as we start the

week. A frosty night installer, with a few wintry showers. Today, we did

have some showers. They will die away overnight, but as temperatures

drop away, it is likely to become icy quite in rural areas. A mate

office weather warning for ice is in place. The could be some minor

travel disruption. Not a bad day coming up. We have the first these

start. -- frosty. After an icy start, it is a fine day for the most

part. Some snow showers coming into the northern half of Scotland. Away

from it, dry and some decent spills of sunshine. There could be a few

showers in the afternoon, particularly around the north Coast.

Generally speaking, a lot of great weather, with temperatures 6-7 C at

best. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25am,

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