A van delivering newspapers was hijacked and burnt out in Derry on Saturday morning.
The driver was making a delivery to a shop at Bracken Park in the Galliagh area of the city around 6.10 am when the attack happened.
Police said the driver of the white Mercedes Sprinter van was approached by two males.
They were armed with a knife with a six to eight inch blade.
The van was hijacked and crashed into nearby premises where it was set alight a short time later.
One male aged 20 was arrested and has subsequently been charged with a number of offences including hijacking, aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving.
Man due in court today in connection with the hijacking of a newspaper delivery van in Derry at the weekend
Police appeal for information about attack in Bracken Park
The van was hijacked this morning.
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A 20-year-old man is due in court today in connection with the hijacking of a newspaper delivery van in Derry at the weekend.
The driver was making a delivery to a shop at Bracken Park in the Galliagh area of the city around 6.10 am on Saturday when the attack happened.
Police said the driver of the white Mercedes Sprinter van was approached by two males.
Derry man banned from driving is charged with stealing his mother s car
Offences alleged to have taken place yesterday
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A 32-year-old Derry man banned from driving appeared in court today where he was charged with stealing his mother s car.
Anthony Coyle, from Mullennan Road, faced a number of charges after he was arrested yesterday.
These included driving whilst unfit, stealing a car, driving without insurance, driving without a driving licence and driving whilst disqualified.
Derry Magistrates Court was told today that police received a report yesterday of a car being stolen at Mullennan Road.
Media again banned from naming man charged with serious drug offences in Derry
Another anonymity order granted because of alleged threat from dissident republicans
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Another man facing serious drug charges at Derry Magistrates Court was today granted anonymity.
For a number of years, the legal teams of defendants appearing before the local court on drug supply offences have made applications for their names not to be identified by the media because of the alleged threat to suspected drug dealers in Derry from dissident republicans.
Last week, two men facing charges of possession and supply of cocaine were also granted anonymity.