A County Tyrone man has been found guilty of attempting to murder two police officers in Strabane, Northern Ireland, in a bomb attack later claimed by the New IRA. A judge rejected suggestions that the bomb attack was merely an elaborate incident to scare or terrorize police.

A victim of a brutal boiling water attack at a courthouse in Strabane, Co Tyrone, has spoken from his hospital bed, describing the unbearable pain and fearing permanent disfigurement.

A judge adjourned a murder case hearing after a man was scalded with hot water at the door of Strabane Magistrates Court, with police actively searching for the suspect who fled the scene.