Eleven ‘End the Lockdown’ protesters were arrested outside the Four Courts in Dublin yesterday for alleged breaches of Covid restrictions and public order offences.
Eleven ‘End the Lockdown’ protesters were arrested outside the Four Courts in Dublin today for alleged breaches of Covid restrictions and public order offences.
Retired teacher fails to overturn conviction for sexually assaulting student
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A retired teacher has failed in an attempt to overturn a conviction for sexually assaulting one of his students.
Lawyers for the now 80-year-old man told the three-judge court that there was no evidence in relation to five of the eight counts on which he was convicted and that in relation to the other three there was evidence that gave rise to a reasonable doubt.
John Devlin SC, for the appellant, said the judge had not adequately summarised the defence case before sending the jury out and noted that the jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court took just over one hour to convict on all counts.
A MAN who left his victim needing 24-hour care has asked the Court of Appeal to cut six months and a day off his eight-and-a-half-year sentence so that he will no longer be classified as a long-term prisoner.
Aaron Wilson attacked Aaron Kiely three times, after spotting him interfering with his girlfriend s car in Dublin city.
Wilson (31) left his home to pursue Mr Kiely (33) and Mr Kiely’s girlfriend, after seeing them interfering with a window on Wilson s partner s car.
He punched Mr Kiely, kicked him, stamped on him and used a chair to beat him “with all his strength” during the three separate attacks.
One of Portlaoise Prison s most famous inmates sacks his legal team The Border Fox is in the news again
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Former INLA man Dessie O Hare, who was known as The Border Fox , has dismissed his lawyers ahead of an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence for evicting a family from their home, which was due to take place next week.
O Hare of Slate Rock Road, Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh was last year jailed by the Special Criminal Court for seven years for falsely imprisoning the family in their home and for leading a disturbingly violent attack on another man.