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A man who flew a helicopter from just the far side of Moate and landed on the roof of a multi-storey car park in the middle of Athlone on a busy Saturday afternoon to get a set of keys cut for it, was put from the skies for 12 months earlier this week (November 24).

A Kildare man facing charges of dangerous driving has been ordered to stay out of Westmeath.

The new District Court judge flexed some early muscles in court last Wednesday (January 7) when he jailed a man for seven days for continuing to talk in court after being warned not to.

A Galway man may have his four year suspended sentence for possession of a shotgun reactivated at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he pleaded guilty to possession of a flick-knife in Athlone.

Two Moate teenagers who went on a late night rampage around Moate Golf Club in a golf buggy had their cases adjourned until May to allow them raise the required compensation.

The application of justice was postponed for a time in Athlone District Court this week (February 11) when the judge got vexed with the Garda Inspector over the non-production of evidence in a case where a guilty plea was already made.

A garda who was allegedly kicked in the chest by a martial arts expert in the early hours of last Sunday (March 1) in the middle of Moate recovered to make an arrest and restrain the man.

The perils of trying to drive the morning after were brought home to a young man in the Athlone District Court this week (March 11) when he was banned from the roads for two years and one week after being convicted of drink driving.

A man who avoided an 11-month jail sentence because of an appeal by his solicitor after he missed a court appearance to attend an interview for a place in rehab, will have to face further sentencing after new revelations were brought up in court this week (June 3).

After turning up almost half an hour late for court, a judge then proceeded to spend the next 23 minutes issuing a rambling diatribe of advice to a small group of primary school children visiting the courtroom, before having to adjourn 25 cases for a fortnight at the end of business.