Judge hopes man drives heavy machinery better than a Lexus!
A Judge has told a young man he hopes he is better at driving heavy machinery than he is his Lexus car after he crashed it while trying to escape Gardai. Dylan Russell appeared at Falcarragh District...
View ArticleMan found four times over legal limit after high speed pursuit
A LETTERKENNY man who crashed after a high-speed pursuit was found to be four times over the drink-driving limit. Thomas Collier of Glenwood Park avoided a prison sentence when he appeared before...
View ArticleMan used magnet to steal €3,500 of electricity
A man who used a magnet to bypass his ESB meter and fiddle €3,488 of power over a three year period has been ordered to make a €250 donation to charity. Damien Moss, of Drumfergus, Killygordan appeared...
View ArticleOver 40 people arrested in Letterkenny to appear in court shortly
More than 40 people who were arrested in Letterkenny last weekend will be dealt with at Letterkenny District Court in the coming month. The issue was mentioned by Judge Alan Mitchell at a sitting of...
View ArticleYoung man who danced around Gardai told to drink Ballygowan
A drunken young man who danced around Gardai at a road traffic incident in Co Donegal has been told to drink Ballygowan water instead. Lee Bourne appeared at Buncrana District Court charged with...
View ArticleMan who went on drunken rampage jailed for ten months
A man who went on the rampage and attacked a takeaway worker, threw a traffic cone through a hotel window and smashed up a car has been jailed for ten months. Mark McConnell appeared by videolink at a...
View ArticleConcert ticket swindler warned to bring toothbrush to court
A man who swindled a music fan out of €160 for concert tickets has been warned to bring his toothbrush and pyjamas to court if he doesn’t have compensation. Conor McNamara, aged 23, appeared at...
View ArticleJudge almost blinded by “flashing motorists” at speed-van checkpoint
A Judge has said he was almost blinded by motorists flashing their lights to warn him of speed vans. Judge Alan Mitchell made his remarks as a number of motorists came before him for speeding offences...
View ArticleLetterkenny-based ‘money mule’ lured on Snapchat in fraud scam
A YOUNG student used as a ‘money mule’ has been convicted of handling almost €8,000 which was the proceeds of criminal conduct. Saja Elnaim (24) was convicted of handling €7,871.03 at AIB Bank,...
View ArticleJudge asks shoplifting duo why they haven’t learned English
A Judge has asked two Romanian sisters why they haven’t learned how to speak English having spent six years in Ireland. Judge Alan Mitchell hit out at Maria and Rodica Rostas who appeared before...
View ArticleLetterkenny man in court on firearms charge
A LETTERKENNY man claimed that he intended to sell a gun after being charged with the unauthorised possession of a firearm. Jamie Connors (26), with an address at Canal Road, Letterkenny was before...
View ArticleDealer told to get ‘friends’ on drugs ‘tick list’ to help pay €400 fine
A Judge has told a young Donegal man to contact friends whose names were found on a drugs ‘tick list’ to see if they will help pay his fine. Sean Cleary appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged...
View ArticleMother-of-six spared jail only due to gap between offences
A JUDGE has told a Letterkenny mother-of-six that she was being spared jail only because of a long gap between offences. Noreen Mongan was before Letterkenny District Court on a cargo of driving...
View ArticleBail refused for Danielle McLaughlin murder suspect
AN Indian court has refused bail for Vikat Bhagat, the man accused of killing Donegal woman Danielle McLaughlin in March 2017. Baghat applied for bail and citied a ‘bleak likelihood of a trial taking...
View ArticleLetterkenny man urged to heed ‘no licence, no work’ mantra
A LETTERKENNY motorist turned back into the path of Gardaí after being observed racing on a public road. Judge Alan Mitchell told 30-year-old Odhran McGarrigle to repeat a new mantra of ‘no licence, no...
View ArticleJudge questions if Offaly ‘differ’ hadn’t heard rally was cancelled
AN OFFALY man caught diffing a car on a main road in Donegal has appeared in court. Stephen Hensey was before Letterkenny District Court charged with dangerous driving on June 19. Sergeant Jim Collins...
View ArticleMan kicked wing mirror off Garda van after court appearance
A LETTERKENNY man kicked a wing mirror off a Garda patrol van after leaving court. Seamus Treanor (35) of Burnside Park, Lower Main Street, Letterkenny, was before the latest sitting of Letterkenny...
View ArticleMan accused of deception over cottage sent forward for trial
A Convoy man has been sent forward for trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court accused of using false information in relation to making a gain for himself. James Gibson, of Ballyboe, Convoy, appeared at...
View ArticleMan on theft charge unable to source legal representation
A LETTERKENNY man facing theft charges was unable to source legal representation in court this week. Frances Lynn was before Letterkenny District Court in connection with an alleged theft. Lynn, of...
View ArticleJudge picks a bone with cost of legal action in chicken roll case
A JUDGE has questioned the cost of a long-running case of a Letterkenny woman accused of stealing a chicken roll. At this week’s sitting of Letterkenny District Court, Judge Alan Mitchell issued a...
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