Man arrested after large drugs seizure in Midlands granted bail despite Garda objections
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A Polish national who gardaí have alleged is a serious flight risk due to seizure of €325,000 in drugs and €85,000 in cash at his home in Laois is set to be released on bail.
A judge made the decision because she said he may not stand trial for at least two years due to long delays of processing for forensic evidence and a shortage of judge needed to clear the Covid-19 backlog.
Judge Catherine Staines reached the conclusion on Saturday, May 8 that she must set bail conditions in Portlaoise District Court at a special sitting where a couple appeared on drug charges arising from raids and an investigation that involved the Criminal Assets Bureau.
Man found with a huge quantity of drugs who gardaí believe is a flight risk to get bail due to delays caused by forensics and Covid-19
Criminal Assets Bureau raided man s Portarlington home with Laois Offaly gardaí and other agencies
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A Polish national who gardaí have alleged is a serious flight due to seizure of €325,000 in drugs and €85,000 in cash at his home in Laois is set to be released on bail.
A judge made the decision because she said he may not stand trial for at least two years due to long delays of processing for forensic evidence and a shortage of judge needed to clear the Covid-19 backlog.
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A 22-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 76-year-old man who was attacked with an axe at his home in Dublin last week.
Oliver Doran, a father of three, with an address at Sofia Housing, Cork Street in Dublin was remanded in custody for a week.
The court was told that when he was charged this afternoon with the murder of Kwok Ping Cheng he replied: I m sorry for the man.
Mr Cheng was found fatally injured after he had been attacked with an axe in his home in Robinson s Court off Cork Street in Dublin last Thursday.
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A 22-year-old man replied I am sorry about the man when he was charged with the murder of a pensioner in Dublin.
Oliver Doran, with an address at Sophia Housing, Cork Street appeared before Dublin District Court this evening, charged with the murder of Kwok Ping Cheng between Wednesday and Thursday last week.
The 76 year old victim was beaten to death in his home at Robinson s Court and was found by a support worker who went to check on him.
Mr Cheng who was originally from Hong Kong, was fondly known to his friends and neighbours as George.
Man charged with murder of pensioner off Cork Street in Dublin Man originally from Hong Kong was found dead by support worker in his apartment
Thu, May 6, 2021, 17:57 Updated: Thu, May 6, 2021, 19:13 Tom Tuite
A 22-year-old man replied “I am sorry about the man” when he was charged with murder of Kwok Ping Cheng who was beaten to death in his home in Dublin, a court has heard.
Mr Cheng, who was aged 76, and fondly known to his friends and neighbours as George, was originally from Hong Kong. but he had lived for several years in a flat in Robinson’s Court, just off Cork Street in Dublin’s south inner city.