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A man who nearly knocked down a couple of gardai two and a half years ago when he drove stoned through a checkpoint in the early hours, had his 10-month sentence suspended in the Circuit Court earlier this week (July 21).

An elderly farmer who drove a digger at neighbours and Gardai, dug up a road and knocked down an eircom pole on account of a 25-year land dispute, was partially successful in the Circuit Court this week (July 21) when he had a decision on his 15-year driving ban postponed until next June.

A man given 22 months in jail for defrauding the State out of €3,400 by signing for his dead brother's dole, had his sentence suspended last week (July 21) when he offered restitution and said he wanted to change for his four-year-old daughter.

A man with 150 previous convictions over the last 27 years due to his alcoholism, told a judge “I want to die” and asked for the electric chair or gallows before being told they “had long been taken from the statute books”, in the District Court this week (September 9).

There were 31 detections for the sale and supply of drugs in Mayo last year, according to Sergeant Jim Cadden of the Garda Drugs Unit. Sgt Cadden addressed a meeting of the joint policing committee on Monday where he outlined the increases in detections being made in Mayo for a range of drug offences.

A Mayo county councillor has called on the judicial system to review its practice of approving free legal aid to drug dealers, often caught with drugs to the value of €10,000 and over.

A second attempt at bail by one of the most prolific burglars in Athlone failed again this week (October 14), when the judge heard how, on two recent attempts to arrest him, he absconded out of back windows, before he was finally apprehended last week.

A lorry driver fined €7,000 in his absence two weeks ago, was given leave to appeal in the District Court this week (October 28) after he told the court he had been assured by his employer it had been dealt with.

A man who terrorised his partner and broke a window in her apartment, as well as stealing a laptop in an unrelated burglary, was heavily criticised by the judge for his behaviour and will now have to go to the Circuit Court in December to see if a two month suspended jail sentence issued last year will be re-activated.

A Polish man accused of possession of around €26,000 cannabis has been sent forward for trial to Mullingar Circuit Court.