Police have welcomed the jail sentence imposed on a man who is described as a major figure in illegal drugs supply in Coleraine and Ballymena. Mark Dunford , of Ballylagan Lane, Coleraine has already been behind bars for 7 months and today at Dungannon Crown Court was sentenced to an additional 4.5 years, half of which will be spent in custody and the other half on licence after admitting supplying amphetamines.
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Denise Brewster told the Supreme Court she was the victim of serious discrimination
A woman who was denied payments from her late long-term partner’s occupational pension has won a landmark Supreme Court appeal which could affect millions of other cohabitees across the UK. Denise Brewster, 42, a lifeguard from Coleraine, Northern Ireland, challenged a ruling that she was not automatically entitled to a “survivor’s pension” as she would have been if the couple had been married.
Denise Brewster has told the Supreme Court she is the victim of serious discrimination
A woman denied payments from her late long-term partner’s occupational pension will find out the result of a Supreme Court battle on Wednesday. At a hearing last year, justices at the UK’s highest court heard argument on her behalf that she was the victim of “serious discrimination”.