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Friday 27 November 2020
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The court heard the defendant lost his leg a few years ago after he was knocked down by a lorry.
The defendants, who range in age from 25 to 76, face over 200 charges.
The case saw one of the youngest complainants ever giving evidence.
The Dublin man is currently serving a prison sentence for a previous rape and sexual assault conviction.
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A jury found the man guilty of four counts of rape in 2016 after a trial last month.
The incident took place on 4 August 2018.
Oliver Callely’s sentencing has been adjourned until 7 February next.
The woman has told the trial that she was too drunk to consent to sex.
The defendant had forced the child to perform oral sex on him while other youths recorded the act on their phones.
The judge praised the courage of the victim in giving her own victim impact statement to the court.
On 10 February last year, the man asked “Ali”, whose profile stated she was 13 years old, to meet up and go for pizza.
Slawomir Gierlowski (34) is currently serving a lengthy prison term for random attacks on three women.
The attacks took place regularly while he was babysitting the child at weekends.
The man had pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault at a hotel in Portlaoise
Joseph O’Connor (58) of west Dublin had pleaded not guilty.
Stephen Browner of Stoneybatter, Dublin, pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual assault.
The trial involved a Dublin defendant accused of raping a woman he met on a night out in 2015.
The 37-year-old will be sentenced next month for two attacks on women he met up with via the dating app.
Drumm pleaded guilty last month to authorising unlawful loans to a group of developers and businessmen in 2008.
Patrick O’Reilly became enraged when other drinkers in a Dublin pub began jeering him over his defence of the sport.
Frederick Cham (63) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five charges.
The court heard that Clodagh Forde had a propensity to acts of extreme violence.
Eve Doherty was found guilty of harassing Elizabeth Howlin following a two-week trial last July.
The judge said he needs some “normality” in his life.
A garda pursuit ended when the Laois man lost control of his car and crashed into a garda car.
The 36-year-old denies the charge of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the baby at her home.
The man was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman he met on Tinder last month.
The woman said she was using Tinder to practice speaking English.
He had been teaching music to seven and 12-year -olds.
Ronan McCormack abused one of the boys at least 60 to 100 times.
Derek Shevlin had a imitation gun when he went to his ex-girlfriend’s family home
Retired surgeon Michael Shine (85) denies eight charges of indecently assaulting teenage boys.
Michael Shine is a retired surgeon accused of indecently assaulting patients.
Dr Shine replied “I absolutely deny that allegation” after each of the eight charges were read out to him.
Garda Eve Doherty has been accused of sending insulting and abusive communications to the solicitor’s mobile phone.
Eve Doherty has been accused of sending insulting and abusive communications to a woman’s mobile phone.
The 25-year-old replied ‘not guilty’ to the charge.
The defendant shouted at gardaí after the jury left the court.
The rape accused said he expected “something would happen” when they met up.
Asked if he would be celebrating tonight FitzPatrick told the press pack: “That was last night”.
ONE OF THE most eagerly anticipated nights of the Irish TV year is finally here, with not even 2020 being able to stop the broadcast of the Late Late Toy Show.
Covid-19 restrictions mean it will be a different kind of show this year, but it still promises to be a special night – perhaps more so than usual given the year we’ve had.
For the day that’s in it, we’re asking: Will you watch the Late Late Toy Show?
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