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A Dublin-based criminal solicitor accused of assault causing harm to another well-known lawyer is facing further charges of assault and harassment of the same man.
In reply to the new assault charges, Cahir O’Higgins, whose firm is based on Parkgate Street in Dublin City Centre, claimed “vile things” were said about him.
In February, Mr O’Higgins appeared before the same court charged with assault causing harm to a fellow solicitor, Stephen O’Mahony, whom he worked with for a number of years before Mr O’Mahony left to set up his own practice last year.
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The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided to try a Dublin-based criminal solicitor before a judge and jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Cahir O’Higgins, whose firm is based on Parkgate Street in Dublin city, is accused of assault causing harm to another well-known criminal lawyer.
The offices of Cahir O’Higgins & Co. Solicitors are just a short walk from the Criminal Courts of Justice, where he first appeared on this charge in February.
The 46-year-old is accused of assault causing harm to Stephen O’Mahony, at Wolfe Tone Quay in Dublin city centre, on February 11th.
Solicitor facing circuit court trial over alleged assault on former colleague Cahir O’Higgins (46) charged with assault causing harm to Stephen O’Mahony last year
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Cahir O’Higgins (46), whose practice is based on Dublin’s Parkgate Street, has been charged with assault causing harm to Stephen O’Mahony at Wolfe Tone Quay in the city on February 11th. Photograph: Collins Courts.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has decided that a criminal defence solicitor should be tried in the circuit court for allegedly attacking a former colleague.
Cahir O’Higgins (46), whose practice is based on Dublin’s Parkgate Street, has been charged with assault causing harm to Stephen O’Mahony at Wolfe Tone Quay in the city on February 11th.
A garda sergeant told Judge Bryan Smyth that the Director of Public Prosecutions was consenting to the case being dealt with summarily at district court level, subject to the judge considering the issue of jurisdiction.
The court heard it would be alleged that the woman was passing the accused when he leaned over toward her and “squeezed her right breast with his hand”.
The judge accepted jurisdiction in the district court instead of sending it forward to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, which has tougher potential sentencing powers on conviction.
Judge Smyth said the accused also has a right of election, meaning he could still choose to be tried by a judge and jury in the circuit court.