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A MAN with a previously unblemished record not only had to face the sanction of Galway District Court but the wrath of his wife, Judge Valerie Corcoran was told, when he appeared before her on a charge of possession of cocaine.

THE sword of Damocles hangs over a young city man, as it has to be decided whether an offence committed four months after he received a suspended sentence for theft should be activated following his conviction for a public order offence at Galway District Court this week.

A SEPARATED couple at the centre of a domestic abuse case still share the same house, the man living upstairs and his ex-partner on the ground floor. The man was charged with assaulting his ex-partner and breach of a safety order.

A MAN who stole the head off a mannequin at the Galway Christmas Market smashed it off the ground when he was challenged by the stall holder.

A CITY-centre shopkeeper who was threatened with being “bottled” by a man who had previously been barred from the shop, did not wish to make a victim-impact statement but asked that the habitual criminal be permanently barred from the shop when the case came before the local District Court.

A MAN who had used up the one and only chance offered drug offenders by Galway District Court left the Court with a criminal conviction for possession of cannabis on his record as well as being €250 poorer.

A JUDGE expressed concern for the safety of Claddagh Watch volunteers who are put in danger by the carelessness of those who venture near the city’s waterways in an intoxicated state, and put themselves and others in danger.

A YOUNG man enjoying summer festivities in the city had a Garda sniffer dog put an end to the party when it detected cocaine on his person.

A JUDGE in the District Court has refused jurisdiction in the case brought against a Headford man who is charged with cultivating cannabis plants in his home.

WHEN a Judge at Galway District Court was informed that a defendant before her had 355 previous convictions, her reaction was “Wow.”