MAN BROKE NEIGHBOUR’S FINGER WHEN SHE COMPLAINED OF LOUD MUSIC
A man who slammed his door on his neighbour's hand breaking her finger because she complained of loud music has been ordered to keep the peace for two years. Adrian McLaughlin appeared at Letterkenny...
View ArticleGOLF CLUB GREENSKEEPER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT IN ROW OVER FROSTY COURSE!
Ballybofey and Stranorlar Golf Club member Enda McMenamin leaving Letterkenny Court. (North West Newspix) A head green-keeper at a golf club has been accused of assaulting another member of the club...
View ArticleDATE SET FOR INQUEST OF INISHOWEN ROAD CRASH TRAGEDY
The eight men killed in the crash. The inquest into the deaths of eight people killed in the Inishowen crash tragedy is to take place on February, 24th in Buncrana. The inquests will be heard by local...
View ArticleMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SERIOUS ASSAULT ON PENSIONER
Letterkenny District Court A man has pleaded guilty to the serious assault of a pensioner in his 70s at a house in Inishowen. Lee Mitchell appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court charged with assault...
View ArticleMAN TRIED TO OUT-SPEED GARDAI AFTER GOING FOR MILK FOR MOTHER
A young man who was sent for milk and bread by his mother ended up in a high-speed chase with Gardai. Odhran Doherty reached speeds of more than 140kph as he tried to outdrive Gardai on backroads in...
View ArticleMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HOTEL ASSAULT
A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court to assault causing harm to another man at a local hotel. Francis McGinley, from Crievesmith, Letterkenny, faced one charge. He was...
View ArticleMOTORIST PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING PALS IN CAR CRASH
Shaun Graham and Matthew Crawford who were both killed in the crash. A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty today to causing the deaths by dangerous driving of two popular friends. Noel Carr, of...
View ArticleBRAVE VICTIM OF CHURCH YOUTH CLUB PAEDOPHILE NAMES HER ATTACKER
Richard Blackburn who was found guilty of sexual offences at Letterkenny Circuit court. (North West Newspix) A serial sex predator who attacked a girl when she was just 13 years -old in the back of a...
View ArticleMAN CLEARED OF ASSAULT CHARGE AS ALLEGED VICTIM TELLS COURT: ‘I WANT CASE...
Mark O'Donnell enjoys a cigarette break during a break in proceedings. Copyright NorthwestNewsPix A MAN accused of assault causing harm during an alleged incident more than six years ago has been found...
View ArticleSISTERS CLAIM THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY NEIGHBOUR DURING ‘SWEET GAME’
Letterkenny District Court WARNING - REPORT CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT: Two Co Donegal sisters claim they were forced to take part in a 'sweet game' during which they were sexually assaulted by a...
View ArticleDISQUALIFIED DRIVER KILLS PAL IN €175 CAR AFTER DRINKING SPREE
Eunan McBrearty being led away to prison last night. Pic by Northwest Newspix. Friends of a drunk driver pleaded with him not to drive a car he had bought for €175 minutes before he crashed it killing...
View ArticleMEN JAILED FOR PART IN MASSIVE DRUG SMUGGLING SCAM FROM HOLLAND
Sidney Gibson Two men behind a lucrative drug-smuggling business from Holland into Co Donegal have been jailed. Sidney Gibson,47, and Andrew Neeson, 34, were caught by Gardai after an elaborate sting...
View ArticleARCHITECT FIRM ORDERED TO PAY CHURCHILL FAMILY OVER DEFECTIVE HOUSE
AN architect company has been ordered to pay more than €250,000 in damages to a Churchill family whose homes been left with a permanent tilt because of defective foundations. The High Court in Dublin...
View ArticleALMOST €13,000 FOR GIRL (11) WHO HURT HEAD IN CAR CRASH
A GIRL who suffered headaches and nightmares after a car crash has been awarded almost €13,000 in compensation. Letterkenny District Court heard how the girl, who was 11 at the time, was involved in a...
View ArticleMUM OF TWO SHOUTED ABUSE AT GARDAÍ AFTER NIGHT ON VODKA
A MOTHER of two shouted abuse at gardai after a night drinking vodka. Letterkenny District Court heard Aisling Driver, who is 34 and from Croaghan Heights in Lifford, was in Main Street in Carrigans in...
View ArticleREVEALED: PENNEYS LETTERKENNY THWART NEW SHOP THEFT SCAM
THIEVES trying a new scam at a well-known Letterkenny store have been thwarted – by CCTV. Penneys in the shopping centre in the town has dealt with a number of people who have lift items inside the...
View ArticleMOTHER WHOSE CHILDREN MISSED SCHOOL WARNED SHE COULD GO TO JAIL
A mother has been told she will go to jail if she does not ensure her teenage daughter attends school. The woman appeared at Letetrkenny District Court and was sentenced to 14 days in prison but had...
View ArticleMAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO KILL GARDA WITH GUN FOUND NOT GUILTY
John Moran who was found not guilty of al charges. (North West Newspix) A man charged who was charged with threatening to kill a Garda and unlawful possession of a gun during a disturbance outside an...
View ArticleBROTHERS GET COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR STALKING WOMAN AND DAMAGING CAR
A man stalked his ex-girlfriend and left her traumatised after he and his brother followed her by car and trapped her in her own vehicle. Peter and William Gallagher of Drumcairn, Manorcunningham were...
View ArticleMAN FINED €100 AFTER DRUGS FOUND IN UNDERPANTS
Letterkenny District Court A Polish man appeared in court after Gardai discovered cannabis hidden in his underpants. Krystian Reich, of 25 Fairgreen Park, Letterkenny was one of four men stopped by...
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