pensioner

Later in life he took up writing, producing not only a political autobiography but two further books about the "adventures of an old age pensioner".

The heartbroken daughter of a pensioner who died on Wednesday, after being punched at the weekend, has described him as a "gentle giant" who was well known in the community.

A pensioner who was punched in County Antrim over the weekend has a 1% chance of surviving, a court has heard.

The witness told police that Mr Fleming asked her for a cigarette and swore in her face before the pensioner who was out walking intervened.

After being arrested, the police officer said the defendant admitted to police that he hit the pensioner, but claimed he was hit first.