Crime: Northern Ireland Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government: How many foreign nationals (except nationals of the Republic of Ireland) in each of the past five years have been (a) charged with, and (b) convicted of, murder or manslaughter in Northern Ireland; and which countries they are from. [HL4595] Lord Rooker The following table gives the number of foreign nationals charged with murder or manslaughter and their former country of residence for the financial years 2003-04 to 2007-08. Data relating to the number of foreign nationals convicted are only available for 2006. During this period there were no foreign nationals convicted of murder and one Chinese foreign national who was convicted of manslaughter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Murder|Manslaughter|Former country of residence| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |0 |0 |- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |0 |1 |China | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |1 |0 |Lithuania | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |3 |0 |Ukraine | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |Portugal | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |Nigeria | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |5 |0 |Lithuania | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source: PSNI Central Statistics Unit| | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------