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udge Mary Devins this week adjourned a case for her consideration until July 16 in what she described as “I think this is the first case a dog is the main witness.” Judge Devins this week heard a drink driving case brought against Joe McNamara, Burrish, Irishtown who was found in a Jeep in a ditch on October 7 2012 at Lugalisheen South, Ballindine.

Judge Mary Devins adjourned a case for consideration, following claims by a defendant that a garda refused to call his solicitor when he asked for him after the defendant was arrested for drink driving and dangerous driving. Mr Damien Walsh, High Street, Kilkelly, made the claim while contesting the case against him in Castlebar District Court. In his evidence to the court, Walsh said that he asked the member in charge in Claremorris Garda Station, Garda Liam Hynes, to call his solicitor and the garda picked up the phone asked him who to call, when Walsh told him it was John O’Dwyer, Garda Hynes hung up the phone and said “that man will be asleep by now.”

Gardaí in Mayo are today continuing to investigate a spate serious crimes which occurred during the week — including an attempted armed robbery from a filling station in Claremorris, an aggravated burglary from a house in Killasser, and a stabbing in Castlebar.

Gardaí in Claremorris have arrested two men following an attempted robbery on the post office in Hollymount on Tuesday afternoon. Gardaí confirmed to the Mayo Advertiser that the two men were being held in Claremorris Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act on Thursday afternoon.

A Claremorris man was disqualified from driving for a second time in 11 years at Castlebar District Court this Tuesday.

A Galway man who pleaded guilty to drink driving was disqualified from driving for one year in Castlebar District Court this week. Garda Peter Sarsfield told the court that he was on duty on May 5 2012 at 7am, when a report of a car going off the road at Streamstown, Claremorris, was phoned into the station. He told the court he went to investigate and stopped a car being driven by Patrick Lawrence, 69 Riverdale, Oranmore, Co Galway, at 7.20am. He administered a road side breath test which Lawrence failed and then arrested him and brought him to Claremorris Garda Station, where Lawrence gave a blood sample which returned a reading of 87mlgs per 100ml of blood.

Garda James Carty who is stationed in Claremorris Garda Station is planning to run five marathons in five days in aid of the Tania McCabe Foundation. His journey will start on July 3 in Claremorris and finish on July 7 in Drogheda, Co Louth.

Gardai will serve the book of evidence against an east Mayo man charged with sexual assault at the March sitting of Ballyhaunis District Court. At Tuesday’s sitting of the court, Garda Rosaleen Harrison gave evidence of arresting the man at 9am on Tuesday, February 7 and taking him to Claremorris Garda Station where she charged him. The man made no reply to the charges in the station.

A Ballindine man was convicted of drink driving and given a three-year driving ban at Claremorris District Court this week.

A Cloonfad man who had four or five pints over the course of the night before he ‘foolishly’ went to collect a friend who had asked him for a lift from Williamstown was given a two year driving ban in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.