Search Results for 'Nicholas Farrell'

A Glasson man beat a drink driving rap when his solicitor pointed out the arresting garda’s verbal evidence in court didn’t match his written statement.

A man found by gardai hiding under a table in a house he was trying to burgle whilst the residents were still upstairs, was jailed for nine months in the District Court earlier this week (November 11).

A man accused of being almost twice the legal limit to drive will have to wait until December 2 to find out if he is to be disqualified, after the judge couldn’t decide between defence and the Gardai as to where the man had been stopped.

A drug addicted teenager, who attended court from jail, was given another four months for his troubles in the District Court this week (November 25) for possession of an offensive weapon and driving without insurance.

A 15 year-old girl who did €1,800 worth of feud-related damage at 5am had her case adjourned for another two weeks in the District Court last Tuesday (December 2) to await the presentation of a Probation Report on her situation.

A man who threatened Gardai with broken glass and threw a TV at them was jailed for eight months earlier this week (December 2).

A man who produced a reading nearly twice the legal limit for driving on August 4 left court with an unblemished record last Tuesday (December 2) after it was finally proven the place of arrest on his charge sheet was incorrect.

A judge was so critical of the business practices of a major insurance firm in the District Court this week (December 16) that he dismissed one of a defendant’s two charges of driving without insurance and refused to ban him from driving despite the defendant not even having a licence.

A young man with some learning difficulties and known to the system, who shouted in court that he’d stab a garda, then punched one and spat in the face of another, was released on a multi-conditional bail from the District Court last week (December 16).

A youth who stole a car in Athlone and burnt it out in Mullingar had his sentence postponed until April 1 to come up with sufficient compensation.