:00:00. > :00:15.A father has been found NOT guilty of murdering his baby daughter.
:00:16. > :00:18.Caragh Walsh was three months old when she died two years ago.
:00:19. > :00:20.Her father, Christopher O'Neill, from the Whiterock Road in west
:00:21. > :00:22.Belfast, was charged with her murder.
:00:23. > :00:24.Today a jury at Craigavon Crown Court sitting in Armagh
:00:25. > :00:37.Throughout the four-week trial, Christopher O'Neill denied any
:00:38. > :00:39.suggestion that he'd harmed Caragh, saying that
:00:40. > :00:49.The 26-year-old from West Belfast was accused of killing his
:00:50. > :00:52.three-month-old baby daughter by shaking her violently
:00:53. > :00:54.whilst in a rage at her home in February 2014.
:00:55. > :00:57.During the trial, he said that he had shaken her,
:00:58. > :01:00.trying to revive her, he thought she was dying.
:01:01. > :01:12.Baby Caragh died in hospital two days later.
:01:13. > :01:23.In Craigavon Crown Court, the jury of ten men and one woman
:01:24. > :01:25.found by majority verdict of at least ten to one he was not
:01:26. > :01:34.In the gallery behind him, the baby's mother stood up
:01:35. > :01:38.and shouted, you killed my baby, my baby is dead because of you.
:01:39. > :01:40.She was led from the court room with her family.
:01:41. > :01:43.Still in the dock, Mr O'Neill put his head in his hands.
:01:44. > :01:46.When the judge said he was free to leave, his family applauded
:01:47. > :01:48.and hugged him and said, we love you.
:01:49. > :01:50.Mr O'Neill's solicitor said it had been a difficult
:01:51. > :01:58.A coroner has criticised police for failing to find a young man
:01:59. > :02:02.who died after going missing from a mental-health unit.
:02:03. > :02:04.His body was found ten weeks later close to the unit
:02:05. > :02:10.22-year-old James Fenton, from Bangor, had been identified
:02:11. > :02:13.as "high-risk" after telling staff he wanted to kill himself.
:02:14. > :02:26.The family of James Fenton at the coroner's court this afternoon
:02:27. > :02:29.for what marked the end of long, difficult and at times
:02:30. > :02:37.It's been a horrendously long road, not just for a few months, but
:02:38. > :02:42.22-year-old James Fenton went missing from Ward 27
:02:43. > :02:45.at the Mental Health Unit in early July 2010.
:02:46. > :02:50.And police were called in to search the grounds
:02:51. > :02:55.They failed to find the missing man, whose body was discovered
:02:56. > :02:56.less than 40 metres from the Mental Health
:02:57. > :03:01.The coroner was very critical of the police response when James
:03:02. > :03:15.Fenton went missing from the mental health unit.
:03:16. > :03:37.A police ombudsman report was also critical of how the case
:03:38. > :03:39.was handled and 12 officers were subsequently disciplined.
:03:40. > :03:42.The PSNI has since changed its policy and practices on missing
:03:43. > :03:44.persons as a direct result of the Fenton case.
:03:45. > :03:47.The coroner described the actions of the hospital staff at the time
:03:48. > :03:50.But he had harder words for the PSNI.
:03:51. > :03:52.Joe McCrisken said consideration should have been given
:03:53. > :03:54.to a police dog search, which may have led to Mr Fenton
:03:55. > :03:57.being found shortly after he'd absconded.
:03:58. > :04:00.He described this was a major failing that could have prevented
:04:01. > :04:02.the prolonged trauma suffered by the family.
:04:03. > :04:04.Today, the PSNI issued a wholehearted apology to the Fenton
:04:05. > :04:06.family for the police failings in this case.
:04:07. > :04:24.They have changed how to search for a missing person but they cannot
:04:25. > :04:25.make the excuse of not enough funding for
:04:26. > :04:27.mental health, things have to change.
:04:28. > :04:29.How many more people have to lose their lives?
:04:30. > :04:31.The coroner found that, due to advanced decomposition,
:04:32. > :04:33.the cause of James Fenton's death was unascertainable,
:04:34. > :04:36.although it was his view that the young man died
:04:37. > :04:38.shortly after he climbed over the gate and absconded from
:04:39. > :04:41.the Ulster Hospital's Mental Health Unit.
:04:42. > :04:45.Mervyn Jess, BBC Newsline, at Belfast Coroner's Court.
:04:46. > :04:48.A care worker found guilty of abusing elderly residents
:04:49. > :04:51.at a care home in west Belfast has been sentenced to four
:04:52. > :04:58.41-year-old Lisa Cullen from Lagmore Drive in Dunmurry
:04:59. > :05:01.was sentenced after pleading guilty to assaulting a whistleblower
:05:02. > :05:04.from the home at a previous court appearance.
:05:05. > :05:07.Relatives of those who were cared for by Ms Cullen were at the court
:05:08. > :05:12.It was the hardest thing we have ever
:05:13. > :05:15.done was to put our model there, and to find out
:05:16. > :05:23.that she hit my mother, it's soul destroying.
:05:24. > :05:26.She told my husband she had full Alzheimer's,
:05:27. > :05:29.was like a baby, and was better to go out and run around traffic.
:05:30. > :05:32.Plans by the Health Minister, Michelle O'Neill, to tackle hospital
:05:33. > :05:35.waiting lists have been criticised by the DUP leader, Arlene Foster.
:05:36. > :05:39.In a letter, Mrs Foster responded to Minister O'Neill's
:05:40. > :05:42.?31 million plan to treat patients who have been
:05:43. > :05:47.The DUP leader accused Sinn Fein of electioneering.
:05:48. > :05:50.But Sinn Fein hit back, saying the DUP were trying to deflect
:05:51. > :05:57.A County Antrim man says he's been left in shock,
:05:58. > :05:59.after a slurry tank crashed through a wall into his front
:06:00. > :06:06.Our north-east reporter, Sara Girvin, has the story.
:06:07. > :06:08.CCTV shows the dramatic moment a slurry tank crashes
:06:09. > :06:14.It missed the home itself, in Glenavy, by less than a metre.
:06:15. > :06:17.The homeowner, who was in the property at the time,
:06:18. > :06:22.said he's just glad no-one was hurt.
:06:23. > :06:24.Well, obviously quite shocked, but relieved,
:06:25. > :06:28.If somebody was standing here, you can see where parts of the
:06:29. > :06:37.It could have been worse if myself, my children or
:06:38. > :06:39.my family had been there, postman, anybody at all!
:06:40. > :06:42.The Belfast Road was closed for a time while the car,
:06:43. > :06:44.tractor and slurry tank involved in the crash were removed.
:06:45. > :06:47.Oil also had to be cleaned up, but the road has reopened.
:06:48. > :06:58.Rugby now, and Ulster hung on to secure a 24-18
:06:59. > :06:59.win against Edinburgh at the Kingspan Stadium
:07:00. > :07:17.The pre-match buzz about Marcel Keizer sea but Bradley rumbled over
:07:18. > :07:25.for the opening try. Ulster quickly responded. Marshall burst through
:07:26. > :07:33.from close range. Centre Darren Cave ran out the second wide out on the
:07:34. > :07:39.left. The third try was made by the brilliance of Charles Piutau.
:07:40. > :07:45.Bolster had the bonus point in the bag before half-time, Stockdale
:07:46. > :07:53.putting the finishing touches to a slick move. But after the break
:07:54. > :07:58.Edinburgh came back into it. This try set up a nervy finish. After a
:07:59. > :08:06.series of stoppage in -- stoppages for injuries and a penalty the hosts
:08:07. > :08:10.held on for a hard earned wind. Next up for Ulster, the visit of Glasgow
:08:11. > :08:14.Warriors in eight days. They will be hoping it is a little less tense.
:08:15. > :08:22.And now here with the late weather is Cecilia Daly.
:08:23. > :08:28.It will take old this weekend so make sure you are wrapped up nice
:08:29. > :08:32.and warm. Tonight it looks like it could be quite frosty in some
:08:33. > :08:37.places, temperatures could drop as low as five below zero and parts of
:08:38. > :08:45.the countryside. Not everywhere will see a thrust but many places. The
:08:46. > :08:48.day of Saturday frosty. It will be largely dry bed feeling cold,
:08:49. > :08:53.especially coastal areas with the breeze coming off the sea. Gradually
:08:54. > :08:58.the frost lifts, there will be sunshine at times tomorrow morning,
:08:59. > :09:04.also a cold wind of the North Sea, dragging in snow showers for eastern
:09:05. > :09:08.parts of Scotland and England. Further west it is drier and some of
:09:09. > :09:12.the best weather will be across the west coast of Ireland. If you are
:09:13. > :09:16.travelling to Rome to see Ireland play, it will be milder,
:09:17. > :09:25.temperatures in the low teens, live coverage on BBC Radio Ulster. 5
:09:26. > :09:31.degrees the us if we are lucky, a few snow flurries to some places.
:09:32. > :09:35.Sunday will be cloudier, cold in the breeze, a bit of sunshine and the
:09:36. > :09:40.possibility of one or two winteriness flurries. Next week it
:09:41. > :09:43.still looks largely dry and breezy but we should start a sepia pictures
:09:44. > :09:47.come up. By the time we get to the middle of the week it will be
:09:48. > :09:55.noticeably Marburg, with temperatures in double figures but
:09:56. > :09:56.also some rain around. -- noticeably warmer.
:09:57. > :10:00.Our next BBC Newsline is at 4.05 tomorrow afternoon.
:10:01. > :10:02.In the meantime you can keep up to date with news online.