The trial of Jim Mansfield Jnr, who is accused of setting up a longtime employee to be taken prisoner by a gang, has been adjourned at the Special Criminal Court for almost six months.
This is the second adjournment in the trial, with the property magnate s case previously adjourned for several weeks on November 19 after the defence requested time to view newly disclosed CCTV footage.
Last month, Shane Costelloe SC on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), submitted that gardai had only become aware that a significant proportion of CCTV footage retained on a hard-drive had never been disclosed to the State.
White of Riverside Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the gun and ammunition at his home on April 24, 2019.
He also admitted possession of €100 worth of cocaine on the same date which was found in a backpack in his bedroom. He had four previous convictions for road traffic offences.
Judge Melanie Greally had adjourned the case last March having heard the evidence.
Today, Judge Greally said she readily accepted that there was an abundance of material on the mitigation side of the scales but noted this firearm was a particularly deadly one, with a huge amount of ammunition.
By Fiona Ferguson and Anne Sharkey
A man has been jailed for six years for assaults on his 75-year-old neighbour in his home and on a 17-year-old female a year earlier.
During a roadside attack on the N11 in July 2018, Dean Quigley (23) punched a young woman to the face, pulled her hair and continued to punch her while she was on the ground.
The following year he twice broke into his elderly neighbour’s apartment. During the second attack Quigley assaulted him, telling his victim he would return and kill him if he told anyone what had happened.
The elderly man’s daughter found him when she visited five days later, and he was brought to hospital where he remained for a number of weeks. He was treated for a bleed on the brain and this left him at an increased risk of stroke, ligature marks to his neck and severe bruising to his chest.
Man jailed for six years for assaults on 75-year-old neighbour and 17-year-old girl
The man in his 70s told the court in his victim impact statement: “I will now be in fear forever. I don’t feel safe in my home.” By Fiona Ferguson and Anne Sharkey Thursday 17 Dec 2020, 3:10 PM Dec 17th 2020, 3:10 PM 22,573 Views 13 Comments
Image: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie
Image: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie
A MAN HAS been jailed for six years for assaults on his 75-year-old neighbour in his home and on a 17-year-old female a year earlier.
During a roadside attack on the N11 in July 2018, Dean Quigley (23) punched a young woman to the face, pulled her hair and continued to punch her while she was on the ground.
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