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A 23-year-old man accused of raping a young British woman following a hen celebration in the city during the June Bank Holiday weekend has been further remanded to face possible further charges.

A Newcastle man who, during an “alcohol rampage”, abusively damanded dole money from staff at a social welfare office and, after getting no joy, relieved himself by urinating on the exterior of the building in the presence of gardai was further remanded on continuing bail.

The aggression and violence shown in court towards members of the gardai, the judiciary, and solicitors is on the rise, according to a district court judge who said she has seen more “viciousness” in the last few months than in all her 17 years on the bench.

The speeding of a young man found racing on the M6 motorway was described as “appalling” by a district court judge this week before a €600 fine and a two year disqualification was imposed.

A 31-year-old man, accused recently by a district court judge of “making a mockery of the court system” by continually failing to take the chances given to him, has used up all his get out of jail free cards and received a one month sentence this week for harrassing people while begging for money.

A 26-year-old laptop thief, who was had been unlawfully at large for six months, has claimed that he was fearful of returning into custody because of a prison fracas between Irish and Eastern European inmates.

A 36-year-old man, with alcohol and agression problems, has been given a final warning to obey his conditions of probation and to behave himself or face jail next time.

A baton attacker and a “so-called” injured party were both reprimanded for their violent vigilante behaviour which was described by a district court judge as “appalling”.

A Ballybane man who had been caught behind the wheel despite having a previous disqualification from driving for 25 years has been sentenced to five months in jail.

A man who claimed he had been assaulted twice at a pub became so panicked when his assailant followed him home that he armed himself with a kitchen knife to protect himself, the Galway District Court heard this week.