Judge criticises decision to delay trial of man accused of exposing himself in Offaly
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JUDGE Catherine Staines criticised the delay in directions coming from the DPP in a case where a man is accused of exposing himself in Edenderry.
Sergeant James O Sullivan told Tullamore District Court he was applying for an adjournment because specialist interviewers had not been able to carry out their work because of Covid restrictions.
Judge Staines said that the interviewing could have been done in controlled circumstances with social distancing and masks.
“We ve been working every day in the pandemic for the last year-and-a-half. The guards have been working,” she said.
A MAN who was seen masturbating in his car by a secondary school student in Kilbeggan was fined €200 at Tullamore District Court last week.Judge Cather.
Man left with horrendous and painful injuries after attack by dog in Offaly
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A MAN was left with nine scars on his leg after a black labrador on a lead bit him while he was cycling near Dunkerrin, Tullamore District Court heard.
In a victim impact report, the man said he no longer felt able to go out cycling because he found it too difficult to pass a house with a loose dog.
The detailed victim impact report was ordered after Mary Fogarty, 59, Cloneganna, Roscrea, pleaded guilty to having an uncontrolled dog at Cloneganna, Dunkerrin on November 21, 2019.
A MAN has been accused of multiple sexual offences against a female over a near 10-year period. The 65-year-old, who cannot be named, appeared before Judge Cath.
Offaly man found twice with drugs accused of selling misery
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TULLAMORE District Court was told a man who had been in foster care when he was a child now suffered mental health difficulties and was self medicating with cannabis.
Francis Sherlock, 30, of 43 Glendaniel, Tullamore, admitted having cannabis herb for sale or supply at Henry Apartments, Church Street, Clara on June 12 last year.
Mr Sherlock also pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis herb at 43 Glendaniel on February 15 last.
Sergeant James O Sullivan said 16 grams of cannabis worth €260, weighing scales and a mobile phone were found when the premises at Church Street in Clara was searched.