Search Results for 'Paul Berry'

An Athlone man convicted of threatening to burn down two homes and who assaulted arresting gardaí with a toilet seat before being subdued with pepper spray, was jailed for a total of nine months in the District Court this week (April 13).

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 man who claimed a foldable knife found on his person in the town centre in the early hours was for “layin’ lino” and that he’d forgotten it was still in his pocket, failed in his appeal against a six month jail sentence in the Circuit Court (July 21).

A man who threatened Gardai with broken glass and threw a TV at them was jailed for eight months earlier this week (December 2).

A judge was so critical of the business practices of a major insurance firm in the District Court this week (December 16) that he dismissed one of a defendant’s two charges of driving without insurance and refused to ban him from driving despite the defendant not even having a licence.