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Judge Mary Devins adjourned her decision against a Claremorris man who pleaded guilty to possession of drugs for sale and supply this week. Julius Silkaitis, 18 Claremount Manor, Knock Road, Claremorris, pleaded guilty to the charges in court and told the court that he was selling the drugs to make some money so it would be easier on his mother, who was supporting herself and him on social welfare at the time. Garda Ciaran McGrath told the court that he carried out a search on Silkaitis’ home on December 9 2009 at 18 Claremont, Claremorris. He found 18.65gms of cannabis herb divided into 22 bags in the defendant’s room with a value of €400.

A pair of Polish men appeared in court in Ballina this week in connection with an attempted robbery in Claremorris at the weekend.

A Lithuanian man who said he just wanted to go home was this week asked by Judge Mary Devins in Claremorris District Court, “You want to go home like ET?” Ricardis Belickes, 38 Ashling Drive, Ballyhaunis, replied “No, I want to go home to Ballyhaunis.”

A man who was convicted for a second time in just over a year of having no insurance was given a two year driving ban and fined €250 at Claremorris District Court.

A 29-year-old man with 84 previous convictions, including a disqualification from driving, was sentenced at Ballinrobe District Court sitting in Castlebar last week for driving a van with a false registration plate.

A UK citizen who told Claremorris District Court that the only reason he was driving was so he could bring injections that his father left in his house back to him was banned from driving and given a number of fines in Claremorris District Court this week.