19 September 2026 · Volume I · Number 260 · London desk
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
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Live desk
The live desk runs newest copy first. Official bulletins sit ahead of they-said. There was no new Home Office or IPAS bulletin dated 16–18 September 2026. The owner publishes; the paper does not tweet.
Canterbury Crown Court · Sentence · 18 September 2026
Canterbury Crown Court sentenced the 19-year-old for endangering lives at sea. The National Crime Agency called the vessel a record overcrowded boat. The crossing was the English Channel, not the Irish Sea.
Sentence, not a charge. A jailed pilot does not rewrite the Channel stamp.
Antrim Crown Court · Sentence · 18 September 2026
Antrim Crown Court sentenced Ritchie to 34 months and Gordon to four years after both were convicted of riot. Northern Ireland is UK.
Sentence, not a charge. Northern Ireland is UK.
PSNI
Southwark Crown Court · Sentence · 18 September 2026
Southwark Crown Court also banned him from directing companies for five years. He had pleaded guilty after extradition from Georgia.
Sentence, not a charge.
Ennis Circuit Court · Sentence · 18 September 2026
Judge Francis Comerford sentenced the 23-year-old at Ennis Circuit Court. This is the Republic of Ireland desk, not the United Kingdom desk.
Sentence, not a charge. Republic of Ireland desk.
Ennis Circuit Court
Dungannon Crown Court · Sentence · 17 September 2026
Dungannon Crown Court sentenced Dorjan Ago and Oktavian Shkombi after police recovered 575 plants and 105 kilograms of herbal cannabis. Northern Ireland is UK.
Sentence, not a charge. Northern Ireland is UK.
PSNI
Carlisle · Plea · 16–17 September 2026
Tjay O'Neil and Dean Smith admitted trying to steal a cash machine on Kingstown Road. Sentence is listed for 14 October. A plea is not the sentence.
Plea is not the sentence. Listed for 14 October 2026.
CPS
Old Bailey · Sentence · 16 September 2026
The Old Bailey sentenced Street on 16 September. A co-defendant, former PC Josh Williams, received 16 months.
Sentence, not a charge.
Antrim Crown Court · Sentence · 16 September 2026
Antrim Crown Court sentenced him for burglary with intent to cause unlawful damage at Clonavon Terrace. Northern Ireland is UK.
Sentence, not a charge. Northern Ireland is UK.
PSNI
Laganside Crown Court · Sentence · 16 September 2026
The court dealt with online contact with an undercover officer, not a meeting with a child. Northern Ireland is UK.
Sentence, not a charge. Northern Ireland is UK.
PSNI
United Kingdom · They-said · Since July 2024
A department line, not a court result and not this edition’s asylum stamp. There was no new Home Office or IPAS bulletin dated 16–18 September.
They-said. No new Home Office bulletin 16–18 September 2026.
Sources this edition
NCA
18 September 2026
Chan Atak sentence, 18 September 2026.
CPS
16–18 September 2026
Kuldip Singh sentence; Paul Street sentence; Carlisle ATM plea.
PSNI
16–18 September 2026
Ritchie and Gordon; Ago and Shkombi; Connolly; Lee. Northern Ireland is UK.
No public bulletin URL filed on this desk.
HO
Last cut before this paper
They-said returns line. Channel and hotel stamp held from the last cut. No new bulletin 16–18 September.
Court
18 September 2026
Ryce Clohessy sentence, Judge Francis Comerford, Kilrush.
No public bulletin URL filed on this desk.