:00:08. > :00:12.An anti-abortion group has described as "very lenient" the three month
:00:13. > :00:16.suspended sentence given to a young woman who bought
:00:17. > :00:19.drugs on the internet to induce a miscarriage.
:00:20. > :00:23.Precious Life wants the case to be brought before the Appeal Court.
:00:24. > :00:26.The BBC understands, for that to happen, a decision has
:00:27. > :00:30.to be made by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
:00:31. > :00:37.Our health correspondent Marie Louise Connolly has more.
:00:38. > :00:39.Yesterday's Crown Court judgment is significant as it was the first
:00:40. > :00:41.time in Northern Ireland that a person was convicted
:00:42. > :00:46.for purchasing drugs online to terminate a pregnancy.
:00:47. > :00:51.The judge had the power to imprison the woman
:00:52. > :01:02.But the case did reach court, where the story emerged
:01:03. > :01:05.of a 19-year-old woman who'd bought drugs over the internet
:01:06. > :01:08.as she couldn't afford to travel to England for an abortion.
:01:09. > :01:13.The court heard how she induced her own miscarriage in July 2014
:01:14. > :01:17.when she was between 10 and 12 weeks pregnant.
:01:18. > :01:20.For some, the suspended sentence was too light.
:01:21. > :01:22.I believe if a crime is committed, the judge must
:01:23. > :01:29.I don't believe he has, and in cases where an illegal
:01:30. > :01:33.abortion has taken place, even in other parts of the UK,
:01:34. > :01:36.women have been prosecuted and if that means a prison
:01:37. > :01:44.The case raises many issues, including how the law differs
:01:45. > :01:55.opportunities and travel to some countries would be prohibited
:01:56. > :01:58.with having a conviction on her record.
:01:59. > :02:01.While this woman is the first to be convicted, she's certainly not
:02:02. > :02:04.the first to import abortion pills into Northern Ireland.
:02:05. > :02:08.In fact, over 200 women here say they want to be arrested
:02:09. > :02:11.after signing a letter to the Government in
:02:12. > :02:18.which they admit to having used or purchased illegal abortion pills.
:02:19. > :02:27.after isolated woman like that
:02:28. > :02:30.get access to these pills, so it is like they are
:02:31. > :02:35.According to Amnesty International, the woman is now a convicted
:02:36. > :02:41.It seems right based on yesterday's judgment that it is a criminal
:02:42. > :02:44.offence to be a woman in Northern Ireland.
:02:45. > :02:49.would not be prosecuted, a woman with the money to travel to
:02:50. > :02:54.The drugs imported by the woman are similar to those used by hospitals
:02:55. > :02:59.According to Precious Life, others are also guilty of a crime.
:03:00. > :03:03.I am greatly concerned she sought advice from the wrong people,
:03:04. > :03:08.she contacted an abortion centre in the UK who advised her how
:03:09. > :03:19.I'm concerned that women in Northern Ireland are not being
:03:20. > :03:21.informed and given the information to help them
:03:22. > :03:25.The Public Prosecution Service has insisted it was in the public
:03:26. > :03:28.interest to bring a case against a woman found guilty
:03:29. > :03:35.of buying drugs online to abort her unborn child.
:03:36. > :03:39.An elderly man has told the Historical Institutional Abuse
:03:40. > :03:43.Inquiry that he has suffered form an eating disorder all of his life
:03:44. > :03:47.because of his treatment at Lissue Hospital near Lisburn.
:03:48. > :03:50.He claims he was hit on the head with a spoon while living there
:03:51. > :03:52.when he was just two years old.
:03:53. > :04:01.The toddler celebrated his second birthday in Lissue.
:04:02. > :04:07.Until today, decades later and in a different century,
:04:08. > :04:11.he hadn't revealed publically what happened to him.
:04:12. > :04:15.The testimony heard today was not different from other evidence heard
:04:16. > :04:18.at this inquiry in the past two years.
:04:19. > :04:21.It was about the abuse of a toddler
:04:22. > :04:25.and today the man, now in his 60s, came to the inquiry
:04:26. > :04:29.to say how he felt cold and always afraid
:04:30. > :04:37.He described how a nurse used a soup spoon to hit him on the forehead
:04:38. > :04:39.and chin in an effort to to get him to eat food.
:04:40. > :04:42.The pensioner told the Inquiry that he's suffered from an eating
:04:43. > :04:46.disorder all his life as a result of the alleged abuse.
:04:47. > :04:51.Another witness recalled another era at Lissue - the 1970s.
:04:52. > :04:53.The woman, now in her 40s, said she was a five-year-old
:04:54. > :05:02.She described staff at the hosptial as "very physical and rough".
:05:03. > :05:05.The woman told the inquiry there were some difficult children in care
:05:06. > :05:09.at Lissue but she said there was no need for a staff to be treating
:05:10. > :05:14.children around by their hair with their arms
:05:15. > :05:23.A man is still being questioned in connection with the murder
:05:24. > :05:29.31-year-old Laura Marshall was found dead in a flat on Victoria Street
:05:30. > :05:40.A new file containing evidence against the child killer
:05:41. > :05:43.Robert Black about the murder of a 13-year-old girl in Devon has
:05:44. > :05:47.Black, who died in Maghaberry prison in January, killed four young girls,
:05:48. > :05:49.including Jennifer Cardy, who was abducted near her home
:05:50. > :05:53.Devon and Cornwall Police say they want prosecutors to confirm
:05:54. > :05:58.he should also have been charged with killing Genette Tate
:05:59. > :06:07.Some teaching staff at the De La Salle College in west
:06:08. > :06:10.Belfast have voted for industrial action up to and including
:06:11. > :06:13.Most of the 70 teachers belong to the Irish National Teachers'
:06:14. > :06:17.Organisation and just over half of its members at De La Salle
:06:18. > :06:22.There have been ongoing problems at the post-primary school
:06:23. > :06:39.A group of loyalists have protested to the police about an incident
:06:40. > :06:42.on Easter Tuesday in which CS spray was used.
:06:43. > :06:45.Around 50 of them went to a Belfast police station to speak
:06:46. > :06:48.to a senior PSNI officer about their concerns.
:06:49. > :06:50.The group included supporters of the South Belfast
:06:51. > :06:55.Young Conquerers band, which was involved in the parade.
:06:56. > :06:57.They say their demand for an officer who was involved to be
:06:58. > :07:18.The police said a constructive discussion was held.
:07:19. > :07:23.primary school in Londonderry is being treated
:07:24. > :07:27.The blaze broke out last night at Holy Child Primary
:07:28. > :07:31.It's believed that building materials -
:07:32. > :07:34.which were being used to re-roof the block - were set alight.
:07:35. > :07:36.A schoolgirl from Dungannon suffered severe hypothermia and lost
:07:37. > :07:38.consciousness during a Duke of Edinburgh expedition
:07:39. > :07:41.Several members of her group suffered mild hypothermia
:07:42. > :07:44.after conditions deteriorated near Slieve Beg.
:07:45. > :07:48.Coletta Smith spoke to some of those involved in the rescue.
:07:49. > :07:51.It was about this time yesterday evening that a group of young people
:07:52. > :07:57.from Dungannon got into trouble went up
:07:58. > :08:02.the Mourne Mountains on a practice run
:08:03. > :08:04.for their Gold Duke of Edinburgh award.
:08:05. > :08:07.One of the girls from the Royal School Dungannon
:08:08. > :08:16.They made the call to emergency services.
:08:17. > :08:18.On the other end of that call were these
:08:19. > :08:22.It was just after 7pm that you got that call.
:08:23. > :08:27.It was about 7:30pm yesterday and we started to
:08:28. > :08:34.make our way down to base to respond and get onto the hill.
:08:35. > :08:36.But last night the young people did all the right things.
:08:37. > :08:39.It was very impressive, the kids who were up
:08:40. > :08:43.there had put up a tent when they realised their classmate was not
:08:44. > :08:47.They got wrapped up and stayed with her and
:08:48. > :09:01.organised themselves so we could find them easily,
:09:02. > :09:03.so they deserve credit for doing a good job.
:09:04. > :09:07.This girl was cold, she was going in and
:09:08. > :09:08.out of consciousness, so her
:09:09. > :09:12.skin was cold, it was hard to feel warmth around the girl, so that
:09:13. > :09:20.would be the sort of thing we are seeing, so we have to get
:09:21. > :09:23.new clothes and bring her body temperature gradually back up again.
:09:24. > :09:30.Thankfully a happy ending to yesterday's story
:09:31. > :09:33.and a relief not only for the young people but to the parents waiting
:09:34. > :09:39.that these gentlemen were ready and waiting to go up the mountain.
:09:40. > :09:42.Four Irish golfers are in the United States this week
:09:43. > :09:45.preparing to take part in the Masters - Darren Clarke,
:09:46. > :09:47.Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry and the world number three Rory
:09:48. > :09:51.Stephen Watson followed the Holywood man during
:09:52. > :10:08.There is the only one the four major tournaments missing from his CV. The
:10:09. > :10:13.Masters as the tournament Rory McIlroy would love to win. Victory
:10:14. > :10:21.and his name will forever be etched on to the golfing record books. He
:10:22. > :10:25.thinks is better prepared than ever. I am one year on from the hype that
:10:26. > :10:29.surrounded me last year so I will hopefully be able to deal with that
:10:30. > :10:36.letter. Having that experience, it will hopefully help me. Every year
:10:37. > :10:39.that I do not win the green will hopefully help me. Every year
:10:40. > :10:44.that will build and build so hopefully I will get that monkey off
:10:45. > :10:50.my back. If you could slip on that famous
:10:51. > :11:03.green jacket could you retire happy? Yes. If I were to only be the sixth
:11:04. > :11:08.player ever to win the career Grand Slam, I would retire happily knowing
:11:09. > :11:15.I was in illustrious company. He had a hole-in-one during
:11:16. > :11:19.practice. If practice rounds are an indicator
:11:20. > :11:24.of form, Rory McIlroy is shaping up well. He has played well and has
:11:25. > :11:26.some luck on his side and that may be the perfect recipe for Mastro 's
:11:27. > :11:32.success. -- Masters. In local football's Europa League,
:11:33. > :11:34.Cliftonville came from behind Daniel Hughes scored in the 89th
:11:35. > :11:38.minute to clinch the win. The result puts Cliftonville two
:11:39. > :11:40.points behind Glenavon who drew 1-1 We did have a few showers
:11:41. > :11:49.today but nothing like After tonight's rain,
:11:50. > :11:54.we can expect the winds to pick up and there will be
:11:55. > :11:56.a scattering of showers. As temperatures fall close
:11:57. > :11:58.to freezing, we are likely to see a mixture of sleet and snow over
:11:59. > :12:02.the hills and mountains. It will be a chilly
:12:03. > :12:05.start to tomorrow. Very unsettled and
:12:06. > :12:08.certainly feeling cold. We can expect scattering of showers
:12:09. > :12:10.throughout the day. It will be piling in
:12:11. > :12:12.on a north-westerly wind. Some of the showers could come
:12:13. > :12:19.with hail and thunder. Scattered showers right
:12:20. > :12:25.across Ireland and for many areas They will make their way eastwards
:12:26. > :12:34.through the day, turning dry and bright across much
:12:35. > :12:41.of England and Wales. Scotland and Ireland can expect
:12:42. > :12:44.scattered showers to continue to come and go
:12:45. > :12:48.and temperatures will We're probably looking and highs
:12:49. > :12:56.of 7/8 degrees at best. But when you factor
:12:57. > :12:57.in the strong winds There will be the odd
:12:58. > :13:01.sunny gap in between but unfortunately they will be
:13:02. > :13:03.short-lived. Wet will stay unsettled
:13:04. > :13:05.as we go into Thursday. Not as bad as Wednesday but watch
:13:06. > :13:08.out for some scattered showers. This shouldn't be as
:13:09. > :13:10.heavy but still windy. Temperatures back up
:13:11. > :13:11.in double figures. A look ahead to the rest
:13:12. > :13:13.of the week. Low-pressure remaining in control
:13:14. > :13:15.so it will stay unsettled. Stay tuned to the forecast.
:13:16. > :13:20.Goodnight.