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A drink driving case was adjourned for a fortnight in the District Court this week (October 9) when a judge accepted a defence solicitor’s contention that a Supreme Court decision in March could allow the defendant beat the charge.

An Athlone man who threatened to burn down the home of a shopkeeper, and also that of a garda; and who threw a TV, table, and toilet seat at other gardaí, was remanded on continuing bail in Sligo Circuit Court on Tuesday (April 5) to re-appear before Judge Anthony Kennedy in Athlone Circuit Court on July 26.

A judge threatened to “explode” with frustration in court this week (October 13) over further delays in a “black and white” road traffic case.

A student pleading not guilty to a drink driving charge at a special sitting of the District Court this week (March 29) failed to have it struck out after a judge accepted a garda was capable of searching the prisoner as well as maintaining the mandatory period of observation.

A man who was moving his car a matter of metres to a more secure location and who already called a taxi was still put from the road for a year after he just failed a breath test.

A man who forced a garda to jump out of the way when he sped through a checkpoint, avoided a jail sentence in the District Court last week when the judge heard he wasn’t on bail when he committed the offence.