Teacher to be sentenced after Judge finds facts proven in GAA assault case
A Judge who asked to review video footage of a tackle in which a player was charged with assault after his opponent had his scrotum ripped in a tackle has said the facts have been proven. Teacher...
View ArticleDonegal man charged with 16 counts of rape
A Donegal man has appeared in court facing multiple charges of alleged rape against a woman. The man, who is in his 50s, faces a total of 19 charges – sixteen of which are for alleged rape. The man,...
View ArticleWoman admits money-laundering charges in court
A woman has admitted her part in a money-laundering scam after she appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court. Tiwalde Yusuff to the charges relating to approximately €3,780 in cash. The 23 year old pleaded...
View ArticleWoman who attacked and robbed elderly Letterkenny couple jailed
A woman who broke into the home of an elderly couple and attacked them with a cup and a bedside radio has been jailed for 18 months. Terrified pensioners Michael and Winifred Herrity told how their...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to trying to extort €15,000 from victim
A man has appeared in court charged with trying to extort €15,000 from a person or persons in Inishowen. Kevin Harkin is charged with the offence which happened at Ture, Muff on April 22nd last. Harkin...
View ArticleMan caught swerving car through Barnesmore Gap banned for three years
A man who was found swerving his car from side to side in Barnesmore Gap has been disqualified from driving for three years. Marius Abrutis was reported driving his car erratically en route to...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to trying to extort €15,000 from victim
A man has appeared in court charged with trying to extort €15,000 from a person or persons in Inishowen. Kevin Harkin is charged with the offence which happened at Ture, Muff on April 22nd last. Harkin...
View ArticleMan charged with murder after mother died in house fire
A man has been charged with murder following a fire which resulted in the death of his mother. Guenter Lohse has been charged with murdering his mother Ruth Lohse at Coolvoy, Doochary, on April 12,...
View ArticleSpeeding driver nabbed doing 136kph fined in court
A man driving 136kph on a bust 100kph road has been fined after appearing in court in Letterkenny. Garda Marcus Dowd was conducting a speed check on July 29, 2021 at Dromore, Letterkenny, on the N13...
View ArticleDrug dealer avoids jail after being caught with €10,000 of cannabis
A St Johnston man caught with almost €10,000 of cannabis has avoided going to jail. Conrad Clarke, a 34-year-old with an address at Ard Baithin, was before Letterkenny District Court on Monday. Clarke...
View ArticleMan who turned to child pornography after early retirement is jailed
A man who became addicted to child pornography through boredom when he retired has been jailed after Gardai found a laptop computer containing some of the most vile images of children being sexually...
View ArticleMan used mirrors and phones to spy on naked children in Aura
A man used mirrors and mobile phones to spy on young naked children in a Co Donegal leisure centre. Father-of-eight Louis Nugent, 67, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court after being caught by a...
View ArticleYoung woman was so badly beaten her friends did not recognise her
A man who beat his girlfriend so badly that she was unrecognisable to friends, a court has heard. Nicole Harrison said she feared for her life during the attack by former boyfriend Derek McGinley....
View ArticleChef to be sentenced for child abuse images found in Kerrykeel house
A chef caught with a stash of child abuse pornography at his rented home in Kerrykeel is to be sentenced at Letterkenny Circuit Court. Donard McLarnon was forced to leave his home after locals heard of...
View ArticleSuspected money launderer had addresses in Donegal and Fermanagh
A man with addresses in Co Fermanagh and Co Donegal has had the contents of his bank account forfeited in Northern Ireland. The money is suspected to be proceeds of money laundering activities. A...
View ArticleMan choked and threatened to kill partner in row over uneaten dinner
A man tried to choke and then threatened to kill his girlfriend after she refused to eat a dinner he had cooked for her. Stephen Coveney-Ryan pleaded guilty to a number of charges against Roisin...
View ArticleDrug dealer caught with €15,000 claimed it was from working in bog and...
A man found with more than €15,000 in his house told Gardai he got the money from working in the bog and selling cars. Gardai raided the home of Alan Lynch at Park, Brinaleck in Ballyshannon on...
View ArticleMan who brutally attacked and beat girlfriend with chair is jailed
A man who brutally attacked his then girlfriend on two separate occasions has been jailed for a total of four years. Sean Deery kicked Samantha Carr in the head so hard that when she went to protect...
View ArticleMum was part of gang dealing MDMA drugs
A mum-of-one is to be sentenced next year after she was caught in possession of a quantity of MDMA, a psychedelic amphetamine substance. Danielle McDaid appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court where she...
View ArticleMan with ‘troubled history’ produced weapon in dispute with woman
A Raphoe man has pleaded guilty after he produced an offensive weapon during a dispute with a woman. Peter Walters, a 58-year-old, appeared before Letterkenny Circuit Court this week. Walters, of...
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