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Ballinasloe man jailed for ten years for sustained sex attack while victim’s son slept in next room
A Ballinasloe man who broke into the home of a mother of four and subjected her to a sustained sexual assault while her son slept in the next room has been sentenced to 14 years with the final four years suspended.
Man abducted and subjected to ‘horrific assault’ in Menlo shed, jury hears
A jury has heard how a man who had got behind on his debts to drug suppliers was abducted by two men and taken to a country laneway shed where he was subjected to the “most horrific” assault for more than an hour.
‘Peacemaker’ left in coma after street brawl spiralled out of control
An argument which started when a car revved aggressively to get a crowd out of its way quickly turned into a street brawl in which one man was left in a two-week coma in Dublin suffering terrible pain and having a quarter of his skull removed, a jury has heard.
Inch and half chunk of ear bitten off during heated football tackling, court hears
A 26-year-old man was ordered to pay €15,000 in compensation for a Mike Tyson-like assault during heated five-a-side football tackling in which he bit a fellow player’s ear.
Balla man jailed for stabbing sister’s partner
A man has been jailed for six years by a judge at the Central Criminal Court for stabbing to death his sister’s partner in Kiltimagh in August 2009.
Glasson raider gets 10 years
A 10 year sentence was handed down to a “very articulate and clever criminal” whose local knowledge was “central” to a raid on the home of a well known Westmeath businessman.
Drink driving case dismissed due to lack of evidence of driving time
An Oranmore man accused of drink driving and crashing into a traffic lights and island, an incident which resulted in one lane of a busy city road being blocked off due to debris, succeeded in having the case dismissed on the grounds that there was no evidence to prove at what time he was driving.
Jail for addict who raided DJ Carey’s home
A drug addict who broke into Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey and his entrepreneur partner Sarah Newman’s home and stole credit cards has been given a two year sentence with the final year suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Former soldier jailed for sexual assault
A former soldier and father-of-two who tried to force a disoriented woman to have oral sex with him has been jailed for 12 months.
Business man jailed for abuse of granddaughter
A “prominent” Galway business man who sexually abused his granddaughter and offered her family €200,000 not to go to gardai has been jailed for three years.
