Search Results for 'Galway District Court'

A man who took a chance when he found a betting slip and then walzed into a bookie’s to recoup a €1,000 win was given time to pay back every penny.

The two men accused of attempting to rob a post office in Connemara last week have been refused bail.

A man who helped himself to scrap metal at the Docks was fined €300 at Galway District Court this week.

A romantic night at a city centre B&B took a turn for the worse when the Romeo refused to pay for a room and was then found to be in possession of counterfeit money.

An English man who urinated on an unmarked patrol car, threatened to cut the throats of garda officers and then attempted to bite one of them, was given a chance in court this week to pay €350 to charity.

A five month prison sentence was imposed on a man who, while seeking treatment at A&E, snatched a purse belonging to a staff member and made his getaway in a hackney cab which was intercepted by gardai.

A bungling burglar broke into a house, made so much noise rummaging that he woke up a resident, and then left a bag containing his details at the scene of the crime, the Galway District Court heard last Monday.

A young man who led gardai on a dangerous car chase before losing control of his vehicle and running away through a field was sentenced to a total of six months and disqualified from driving for three years.

A taxi driver was so intent on squirming his way into a rank space that he blocked up traffic, completely ignored a garda rapping on his window, and then dangerously edged his car in “on top” of the garda who had to take evasive action to avoid being hit.

A man who assaulted a young woman in a hospital car park, because of feuding between their two families, and then knocked down a pedestrian as he rushed to hire a suit for his wedding, received an 11 month jail sentence at Galway District Court last Monday.