Search Results for 'Aidan Minnock'

A man who threatened to kill someone in jail after being sentenced was described as a “looper” in court this week (July 25) as he was escorted off to custody.

A pregnant woman awaiting a Circuit Court sentence for false imprisonment during a burglary was warned she would still go to jail if she came to any further Garda attention within the next six months.

Three friends who had broken into a house to go drinking were each given a suspended sentence and ordered not to associate with each other in the future after the judge warned they were “all skating on very thin ice”.

The granting of a licence for the beer marquee at next week’s Festival of the Fires is to be left until almost the last possible date after minor Garda concerns postponed the formality for another seven days at Athlone District Court this week (April 25).

An unemployed man whose High Court-ordered retrial required a new judge, a barrister, two solicitors and 14 gardaí to spend the day in court, was eventually sentenced to nine months in jail in the District Court this week (April 11).

Three men involved in a street assault that saw their victim temporarily blinded by a kick in the face were told in court this week (February 1): “If they had any previous convictions they would’ve gone to prison today”, and warned “they could be faced with a substantial civil claim in the future”.

Upwards of 20 gardaí, including an armed response unit, were present to maintain order as the latest seven protagonists in the ongoing Joyce-Ward feud went before the District Court on Wednesday (January 11).

A student with a heroin habit, who was previously thanked by the court for aiding in translation duties, was told this week (January 4) “he can hand in his P45 to his education director” if he comes to Garda notice in the next three months.

A former Meath county footballer charged with 26 offences in Moate, Kinnegad, Kells, and Ballyjamesduff was remanded on continuing bail until December 14 in the District Court this week (October 26) for a probation report after he was warned he could face up to two years in jail.

A teenage boy charged with a number of burglary and shoplifting offences in the District Court this week (October 12), had his case put back for a fortnight to allow his solicitor examine the charges, and for gardaí to see if they could attach a map of excluded areas to his bail conditions.