Search Results for 'Ernie Whyte'

by Martina Nee

A “cheeky” Ballybane man with 91 previous convictions was sentenced to nine months at Galway District Court this week for trespass and public order offences including one occasion when he jumped out in front of plain-clothed gardai shouting obscenities.

A 40-year-old man, with a history of breaching barring orders, is to serve 10 months in jail after being brought before Galway District Court on two further counts of contravening a barring order with a district court judge warning that “the joke is over”.

A district court judge has described as “unacceptable” the interference with gardai in the course of their duties before imposing a total of six months on a 20-year-old Galway woman who grabbed a Garda officer by the collar to stop an arrest.

A man has been ordered to come up with a total of €2,500 in compensation for the assault of another man in a city centre nightclub leaving him with a visible scar.

A Tuam man charged with a plethora of charges, including a number of tresspassing and theft at the National University of Ireland, Galway, was remanded on continuing bail with the strict condition to stay away from the third level institute and its environs.

An 18-year-old youth charged with attempting to rob a number of women in the Salthill area, one at knife point, has been sent forward for trial.

A man, with 45 previous convictions, who was caught pushing a shopping trolley containing stolen DIY goods, was given a three month suspended sentence at Galway District Court this week.

A Castlegar man accused of assaulting a man and using pepper spray to incapacitate him has been remanded on continuing bail to appear at Galway District Court again next month for service of the book of evidence.

A Mayo man accused of sexual assault has been sent forward for trial to the next sitting of Galway Circuit Criminal Court.