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There must be good evidence of wrong-doing before security men can forcibly restrain a person, warned a District Court judge this week after hearing the case of a mature student who had been pinned to the ground outside a city centre pub because of a perceived threat of a Bulmers bottle.

People of Galway city are afraid to leave their doors unlocked for two minutes because of the fear of an intruder, according to Judge Mary Fahy who imposed 14 months detention on a teenager who trespassed and committed burglary in four Oranmore properties in the space of few days.

A nanny who stole nearly €6,000 worth of clothes and jewellery and grossly breached the trust of her employer was ordered to pay €2,000 compensation and was given a four month suspended sentence at Galway District Court last Monday.

A Polish man who was caught red-handed with another man stealing €3,000 worth of jewellery from a house in Annaghdown last June, has been jailed for seven months following his appearance before Galway District Court this week.

A young and abusive car dealer shoved the keys of his broken down van in the “crotch area” of his trousers and told a garda to come and get them before roaring profanities at her.

A teenager who received an extra three months in jail for burglaries in Renmore also admitted to targeting a number of cars around the city and county during at least two months last year.

A Tuam man who is accused of falsely imprisoning five people in a house in Bohermore, assaulting three of them, and then threatening to burn down the house has been remanded on continuing bail.

A young man who was given an extra two months in jail for a burglary at a credit union was urged to stop taking the full blame and to snitch on his accomplices.

A District Court judge was left “horrified and shocked” at the behaviour of a Monaghan man who told a garda to go f*** himself and then called him a “fat bastard”.

Getting rowdy at a city centre night club and giving bouncers the finger during a night out proved to be very expensive for an electrician who was fined for public order offences last week.