Search Results for 'Circuit Court'

A man described as “a dealer, thief, or fence” in court this week (February 20) who was asked if he “had any hope in your life”, avoided another jail sentence when the judge heard he had an appointment for a rehab unit the following day.

Another Athlone heroin dealer who refused to give any details of those higher than him in the drugs chain, was called “bottom scum” by a judge before he was taken away to start a 12-month jail sentence this week (November 21).

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.

A caravan park that was told it was in breach of fire regulations nearly five years ago saw three of its properties burn to the ground in an accidental fire last Sunday (May 27).

Three young people have been sent forward for trial for the manslaughter of Andrew Dolan in Mullingar.

A man who tried to extort €50,000 from his family by faking his own Tiger kidnap after he lost a carload of drugs, was sentenced to five years in prison in the Circuit Court in Athlone this week (December 6).

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 girl facing jail for her part in her family’s false imprisonment and assault of a middle-aged woman, avoided imprisonment herself in the District Court this week (September 14) after the injured lady spoke up for her and asked the judge to be “very lenient”.

A student who obscenely abused two female gardaí over an injured dog had a €400 fine abated to the Probation Act at his Circuit Court appeal last week, but not before the State solicitor got to wag a chastening finger.

A man jailed for failing to give a sample after attempting to get away from a Garda checkpoint, received some leniency in the Circuit Court last week after the judge accepted his problematic personal circumstances.