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A man called Patrick involved in a disturbance outside a church on March 17, was fined €500 for his troubles in the District Court this week (May 12).

Two sisters who beat another woman as she attempted to get into a taxi were both given four month prison sentences at a special sitting of the District Court this week (April 30), but had them both suspended for two years.

The man arrested last Sunday for allegedly stabbing his brother and threatening the ambulance staff who came for him, was jailed for two months for an outstanding and unrelated public order offence in the District Court this week (April 21).

A woman who used her daughter in a shoplifting scam was saved a conviction this week (April 21) after the judge noted it was a “food issue”.

A woman whose thieving sprees featured in a national Sunday publication earlier this year, was remanded in custody for at least another week after a judge voiced his amazement at her being released from jail only two days after commencing a 12 month sentence for theft only to go on another spree in Athlone.

A student pleading not guilty to a drink driving charge at a special sitting of the District Court this week (March 29) failed to have it struck out after a judge accepted a garda was capable of searching the prisoner as well as maintaining the mandatory period of observation.

A man who threatened to stab a former schoolmate in the early hours after he and a co-accused heard the victim talk about money, had an 11 month sentence adjourned until May to see if he can come up with an adequate compensation offer.

There were some emotional scenes in the District Court when a woman accused of causing a four-car pile-up which involved a car carrying a mother and four children was involved had her charges dismissed.

Athlone’s ongoing Connacht/Leinster conundrum showed a whole new manifestation in the District Court last week (October 24) when it was responsible for getting a man off a drinking charge despite his being over twice the limit.

A man who forced a garda to jump out of the way when he sped through a checkpoint, avoided a jail sentence in the District Court last week when the judge heard he wasn’t on bail when he committed the offence.