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A judge has told a Newry teenager he hopes his time in a young offenders centre will inspire him to learn the words to the Fields of Athenry. Newry Magistrate’s Court heard how Thomas Martin (19), who appeared today via video link, repeatedly sang the traditional Irish ballad to police officers after he was arrested for resisting and obstructing police on June 5 last year. Martin later pleaded guilty to both charges. With an address at Parkhead Crescent in the city, it was heard how Martin had been mixing with a number of older males who had been drinking in public on that date.

A Belfast woman who drove an overloaded car of children with a “cocktail of drugs enough to kill a horse” has been disqualified from driving at Newry magistrates court. Ashleigh Moylan (30) of Westrock Mews pleaded guilty to driving while unfit and carrying a number of children without seatbelts on July 3, 2019. A charge of dangerous driving was withdrawn. The court heard that a PSNI patrol travelling on the A1 dual carriageway from Newry to Banbridge, were overtaken by the accused in a silver Seat Leon vehicle. The car then appeared to swerve over the central divide. Officers pursued th...