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An 18-year-old woman from Castlebar was convicted of handling stolen property at Castlebar District Court this week after a laptop and camera, which were stolen from two schools, were discovered in her bedroom.

An 18-year-old woman from Castlebar was convicted of handling stolen property at Castlebar District Court this week after a laptop and camera, which were stolen from two schools, were discovered in her bedroom.

A 28-year-old Castlebar man was ordered to pay €150 to Down Syndrome, Ireland after he was found in possession of one cannabis plant he was growing in a wardrobe in his home. Garda William Grant told Castlebar District Court that on the basis of confidential information he received, he obtained a search warrant and searched the home of Mark Jones, 50 Lakeview, Castlebar, on September 7 2010. After carrying out the search he found one cannabis plant with a value of €100 and cannabis valued at €3.27 in the house. Garda Grant told the court that the cannabis was for Jones’s own use and he co-operated with the search throughout.

A Cloonfad man was given the benefit of the probation act and ordered to pay €150 to the Mayo Roscommon Hospice after he pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis.

“I was only holding it for someone,” was the response given by a young Mullingar man when gardaí found close to €800 worth of drugs at his home.

Two men facing similar charges of possession of heroin with intent to supply received very different sentences in the District Court this week (November 17), after the amounts involved and their differing efforts at rehabilitation, were made known.

A father of two, who was observed by gardaí to assault his partner in their house, pleaded not guilty to assaulting her and also denied assaulting a garda who entered the house to deal with the violent situation.

A Ballyhaunis man who was found in possession of three bricks of cannabis with a combined weight of 116g and a street value of €1,856 was jailed for three months this week in Ballyhaunis District Court. Tomaz Woloszcyzynski, 77 The Maples, Ballyhaunis, denied in court that the cannabis was for sale, and said it was for his own personal use.

A man who cheekily trespassed in a city centre hotel three times in just two days and stole more than €700 has been jailed for 15 months at Galway District Court this week.

A 41-year-old Polish man pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis in Ballinrobe District Court last week.