:00:08. > :00:17.The father of a young student knocked down and killed by a drunk
:00:18. > :00:20.driver in south Belfast says he's disgusted with the 7 year sentence
:00:21. > :00:23.18 year old Enda Dolan died when he was hit
:00:24. > :00:28.31 year old David Lee Stewart of Gray's Park Avenue in Belvoir
:00:29. > :00:31.will serve three and half years of his sentence in jail,
:00:32. > :00:33.and then he'll be on supervised licence on release.
:00:34. > :00:36.Today, a grieving family came to hear the
:00:37. > :00:39.punishment for the drunk driver that killed their loved one.
:00:40. > :00:46.So many other parents have stood in our shoes,
:00:47. > :00:51.disappointed and disgusted on the sentence and many more
:00:52. > :00:53.will unfortunately do so in the future unless something
:00:54. > :00:55.is done to deter individuals from driving under the influence
:00:56. > :01:03.Enda Dolan was full of promise, a talented musician and athlete.
:01:04. > :01:05.He was in his first term at Queens University,
:01:06. > :01:11.In the early hours, Enda was walking along this
:01:12. > :01:15.section of the Malone Road towards his student accommodation
:01:16. > :01:18.when the van mounted the curb and hit him,
:01:19. > :01:23.carrying him for 800 metres and leaving him with fatal injuries.
:01:24. > :01:25.This crash barrier wasn't here at the time, it had been
:01:26. > :01:30.removed three weeks earlier and hadn't been replaced.
:01:31. > :01:32.The man driving was David Lee Stewart.
:01:33. > :01:36.In the passenger seat, a 21-year-old.
:01:37. > :01:39.Both of them had been drinking in the city centre.
:01:40. > :01:41.David Lee Stewart had also taken drugs.
:01:42. > :01:43.After the collision, the men drove from the scene,
:01:44. > :01:48.Today, the judge described Enda Dolan's death as
:01:49. > :01:55.He said the amount David Lee Stewart had to drink before getting
:01:56. > :01:59.into his van would not have been out of place on a stag night.
:02:00. > :02:04.Previously, the court had heard he had 13 alcoholic drinks.
:02:05. > :02:06.But the judge also said the men demonstrated remorse
:02:07. > :02:09.and he had to take that into account when sentencing.
:02:10. > :02:11.Stewart was given a seven-year sentence, half of it
:02:12. > :02:22.The other man wasn't given a custodial sentence.
:02:23. > :02:24.Instead, his punishment is 50 hours community service and
:02:25. > :02:30.The court also heard about the impact of the death
:02:31. > :02:35.The image of our son lying dead in the Royal Victoria Hospital
:02:36. > :02:42.It has absolutely ruined our lives, all of us.
:02:43. > :03:03.And there has been absolutely no remorse, non-whatsoever.
:03:04. > :03:10.We think about all the time, over the past year and a half, we wonder
:03:11. > :03:14.how his appearance would have changed, what sort of a young man he
:03:15. > :03:19.would be and how he would be progressing in his career had his
:03:20. > :03:25.life not being cut short. We have to deal with the loss of him everyday
:03:26. > :03:29.for the rest of our lives. The mist family celebrations, the
:03:30. > :03:34.Christmases, the family holidays, the 21st birthday he will not have,
:03:35. > :03:38.the exams he never sat, the graduation never attended, the
:03:39. > :03:40.engagement, the wedding and the grandchildren that will never be.
:03:41. > :03:44.This is our life sentence. The family have also been critical
:03:45. > :03:46.of the legal process. The legal system in Northern Ireland
:03:47. > :03:48.is a disgrace and Also, the way the victims's families
:03:49. > :03:52.are treated is appalling This family, still distraught,
:03:53. > :03:58.so they will take stock of today's judgment before
:03:59. > :04:08.considering any appeal process. Police say they're investigating
:04:09. > :04:10.what they've called a serious incident in an area
:04:11. > :04:12.of parkland outside Dungannon. The say they're working to establish
:04:13. > :04:15.the circumstances of the incident, at Peatlands Park, but have not
:04:16. > :04:24.released any further details. A three hundred million pound
:04:25. > :04:26.project to regenerate a run-down part of inner-city Belfast has been
:04:27. > :04:28.brought to a halt. A government department has
:04:29. > :04:30.withdrawn its support - which was crucial -
:04:31. > :04:33.believing the private firms involved More from our business
:04:34. > :04:52.correspondent, Julian O'Neill: Royal Avenue, gay way to Belfast
:04:53. > :04:55.city centre but behind this main road lies the black -- maniac
:04:56. > :04:57.gateway. A regeneration plan was seen
:04:58. > :05:00.as the solution, housing units, Until now, the DSD was on board
:05:01. > :05:04.and its powers were important in buildings like this pub
:05:05. > :05:06.which needed to be knocked down We are not against redevelopment,
:05:07. > :05:14.far from it, but there is more than one place to do it and drawing
:05:15. > :05:17.a red line around an area The regeneration zone was passed
:05:18. > :05:22.and the DSD had been working with two developers
:05:23. > :05:24.who were going to privately The other parties in what was
:05:25. > :05:29.a three-way development partnership have expressed surprise
:05:30. > :05:31.and disappointment at They have written to its minister,
:05:32. > :05:38.asking for an urgent meeting in the hope he can be
:05:39. > :05:44.persuaded to change his mind. That, though, is
:05:45. > :05:47.an unlikely scenario. This DSD letter makes clear
:05:48. > :05:49.the developers had not The DSD has no alternative plans,
:05:50. > :05:55.but other options can now be explored to bring
:05:56. > :06:03.the regeneration the area needs. There had been opposition to this
:06:04. > :06:05.scheme, primarily because it involved as many as 3,000 flats
:06:06. > :06:13.or houses for students. Businesses say the area
:06:14. > :06:16.is crying out for a new idea. Our area suffers, as you can see,
:06:17. > :06:19.by looking around the streets, We are basically the entry point
:06:20. > :06:25.for Belfast city centre, to the end of Belfast Harbour
:06:26. > :06:28.and the airports, so we need Local residents are relieved
:06:29. > :06:33.but angry, claiming the plan was skewed
:06:34. > :06:37.against community housing needs. We have lost practically 100 social
:06:38. > :06:43.houses in this development. Now it has fallen through,
:06:44. > :06:46.is the DSD going to return The cranes are all to do
:06:47. > :06:55.with Ulster University but the wait for action
:06:56. > :06:57.in the streets nearby goes on, with the solution probably now
:06:58. > :07:00.falling to a new minister The sister of an Irish teenager
:07:01. > :07:11.facing a possible death sentence in Egypt was in Belfast today
:07:12. > :07:13.to meet the family's lawyers. The Egyptian government has rejected
:07:14. > :07:17.allegations of ill-treatment of Ibrahim Halawa from Dublin,
:07:18. > :07:19.who's been in jail without trial He was arrested after being caught
:07:20. > :07:24.up in anti-government protests. This report from our
:07:25. > :07:25.Home Affairs Correspondent, This is a moment Egyptian
:07:26. > :07:37.security forces ended a siege at a mosque
:07:38. > :07:43.Demonstrators had fled there after violent clashes
:07:44. > :07:51.They were charged with murder and a range of other serious
:07:52. > :07:57.Ibrahim Halawa, from Dublin, was one of them.
:07:58. > :07:59.He is the son of Ireland's most senior Muslim
:08:00. > :08:03.Three of his sisters were also arrested but were later
:08:04. > :08:08.One of them was in Belfast today to meet the family's
:08:09. > :08:12.She is deeply concerned about the way her brother has been
:08:13. > :08:16.He was electrocuted, he was beaten, he was tortured.
:08:17. > :08:18.He never attended a trial, he has no access
:08:19. > :08:24.Those concerns are shared by the United Nations.
:08:25. > :08:26.It has emerged that officials from the High
:08:27. > :08:31.Commissioner for human rights road to the Egyptian government last
:08:32. > :08:33.In their letter, the United Nations team described Ibrahim
:08:34. > :08:43.Halawa's case as a matter warranting immediate attention.
:08:44. > :08:46.They say he had been shot in the hand during his
:08:47. > :08:49.arrest and did not receive proper medical treatment -- in the hands.
:08:50. > :08:55.Saying he was held in deplorable conditions, the letter adds that
:08:56. > :08:56.security officers objected him to abuse.
:08:57. > :08:58.And it was in contravention of basic guarantees
:08:59. > :09:02.fair trial and due process of law that he had not had access to a
:09:03. > :09:05.In response, the Egyptian government denied that Ibrahim
:09:06. > :09:10.Halawa was shot in the hand or had been beaten in the prison.
:09:11. > :09:12.They said a medical examination had found
:09:13. > :09:15.traces of old wounds but no recent injuries and described his general
:09:16. > :09:21.It did address the concerns raised about
:09:22. > :09:26.Ibrahim Halawa's family say they were on
:09:27. > :09:28.holiday at the time of the siege and sought
:09:29. > :09:29.refuge in the mosque to
:09:30. > :09:34.They have welcomed the UN intervention.
:09:35. > :09:38.It is very important to our campaign, it is proof of what we
:09:39. > :09:40.have been saying for two and a half years,
:09:41. > :09:41.people have been denying this
:09:42. > :09:49.But the family and their legal team said the
:09:50. > :09:53.It has got to a stage now where the family
:09:54. > :10:00.believe it is time for the
:10:01. > :10:03.glove to come off, as it were, it is time to put pressure
:10:04. > :10:06.Diplomacy may not work in circumstances where it
:10:07. > :10:08.is a grave breach of international law
:10:09. > :10:09.and Ibrahim Halawa's rights as
:10:10. > :10:17.The family say they are alarmed by reports from
:10:18. > :10:20.Egypt in recent days that all of those charged may have been found
:10:21. > :10:26.Hospital Emergency Departments here had an increase in the number
:10:27. > :10:30.of patients last month compared to the same time last year.
:10:31. > :10:32.Latest figures show there was a rise of 8.6 per cent.
:10:33. > :10:35.68 per cent of patients were treated, discharged or admitted
:10:36. > :10:46.That was despite the ministerial target set at 95%.
:10:47. > :10:49.There are exactly 100 days to go until the start of this
:10:50. > :10:52.Team Ireland and Team GB marked the occasion today with celebrations
:10:53. > :10:58.And for boxer Paddy Barnes it was an extra special day -
:10:59. > :11:07.he's to be Ireland's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony in Rio.
:11:08. > :11:15.He will have a chant is to make Olympic history by being the first
:11:16. > :11:18.Irish as leapt to win medals at three successive games. He won
:11:19. > :11:30.medals at both the Beijing and London games. This is an added
:11:31. > :11:38.bonus. I am delighted, over the moon, it is like winning a medal. It
:11:39. > :11:41.means that much. I hold it in as high regard as winning the medals.
:11:42. > :11:46.The weather forecast now, with Barra Best:
:11:47. > :11:53.Prepare for a chilly night as temperatures fall close to freezing
:11:54. > :11:58.and even below. With a light wind we are likely to see frosty patches
:11:59. > :12:01.developing. It will be a chilly start to Thursday but largely dry
:12:02. > :12:11.before we see rain coming in and wants a queer is out of the way it
:12:12. > :12:17.will turn colder. A frosty start, -- it will clear out of the way. It
:12:18. > :12:21.pushes his way is worse, across much of Britain, some western areas with
:12:22. > :12:28.showers but largely dry with sunshine out there at that backward
:12:29. > :12:38.to enjoy. The will of art that bag of that parts of England. Some snow
:12:39. > :12:42.over high ground. Some outbreaks of ring, but sunny spells further
:12:43. > :12:49.north. Temperatures will stable low average for the time of year,
:12:50. > :12:55.rounding out at seven or 8 degrees. It will feel chilly with the western
:12:56. > :12:59.winds. Another cold night as we go into Friday, Friday we are likely to
:13:00. > :13:02.see a bit of wet weather but a fair amount of dry weather and sunshine,
:13:03. > :13:09.but there was tempered yours will stay below normal for the time of
:13:10. > :13:12.year. Looking to the bicolour day weekend, some dry weather on
:13:13. > :13:15.Saturday, Sunday is shaping up to be cloudier.
:13:16. > :13:19.Our next BBC Newsline is at six twenty five in the morning
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