Search Results for 'Nicholas Farrell'

A mother of two Down Syndrome children who pleaded guilty to the theft of €12 worth of clothes from a store had her charges struck out in the District Court this week (March 13) when the judge declared: “This is a scandalous waste of money...this case should never have been brought”.

A judge joked that a woman convicted of shoplifting should steal “more than €100 worth of cosmetics” next time if she wanted to leave the country as she said she would if she re-offended.

A heroin addict who stole two jackets from Marks&Spencer because that’s what his dealer told him she wanted, and then turned up to court under the influence of the drug, was jailed for six months this week (March 4).

A man who broke an eight-year-old boy’s nose in a drunken stupor left court €1,300 poorer this week (February 20), but did not go to jail after the judge accepted the measures he had taken since to address his problems.

A man described as “a dealer, thief, or fence” in court this week (February 20) who was asked if he “had any hope in your life”, avoided another jail sentence when the judge heard he had an appointment for a rehab unit the following day.

A youth who bottled a Spanish student in the face on St Patrick’s Day saying “This is our day, not yours”, had his sentencing postponed for a week to see if he could come up with € 3,500 in compensation.

A schoolteacher who threw his principal to the ground by her hair in a row over an afterschool homework club, avoided a jail sentence in the District Court in Athlone yesterday (February 13) after the victim accepted an ex gratia payment of €2,000.

There was some good news for the south of Westmeath this week with the news that the number of public order offences, assaults, and feud-related violence in the district were all down in 2012.

A man who was arrested on three consecutive days last week, and who threatened a garda inspector with death, was escorted by three gardaí to another fortnight’s custody from the District Court this week (January 16).

A homeless addict who broke into a derelict shop for a night’s sleep was given two months to come up with compensation in order to avoid jail.