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Man who launched an unprovoked attack on a woman late at night jailed for two years
The incident took place a on Stephen’s Lane, Kilmainham on 14 June 2017.
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The incident took place a on Stephen’s Lane, Kilmainham on 14 June 2017.
Anthony Byrne (40) pleaded guilty to four charges of inducing another to pay him €3,000 by deception and use of a false instrument.
The trial continues before Justice Paul McDermott and a jury.
The judge told the jury there was no restriction on time.
The judge said that there had been a number of developments in absence of the jury.
She had been promised the equivalent of just under €1,150 to transport the drugs to Ireland, the court heard.
The woman was giving evidence in the trial of three men and three women.
Sam Maughan (26) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to causing serious harm to Mark Burke (43) on 1 August 2018.
The woman he attacked told the court how her mental health was affected by the incident.
The 17-year-old pleaded guilty.
The 54-year-old man had pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, one of sexual assault and one of attempted rape.
Martin Gallagher told gardaí in an interview that the attack was “a joke that went wrong”.
The now 34-year-old woman said every day with her father felt like “a fight to survive”.
The case was heard at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.
McClean was due to stand trial today but instead entered pleas of guilty before the court.
The man told gardaí that he had abused the girl 120 times or more.
The 45-year-old man had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the child in 2013.
In 2015, Ciarán Murphy was found in a dog cage in his home by a passers-by who noticed his cottage was in flames.
Alex Harris has 63 previous convictions and was on bail for a previous burglary.
The gun, which had 11 rounds of ammunition in the magazine, was found in a school bag under a set of bunk beds.
He was 17 at the time of the incident.
David Swords, from Dublin, pleaded guilty to the assault.
The two children were taken into care in 2010.
The father-of-one was also ordered to continue to engage in a sex offenders’ treatment programme
Instructions from the DPP are that it would not be in the girl’s best interest for her abuser to be named.
Gerard Cully pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery of the taxi driver.
John Cash received a three and a half year sentence.
The victim, now aged 90, said she felt an “immense sense of betrayal”.
Nicholas Keane did not steal the cars but agreed to sell them.
Liam Deegan was also accused of driving the wrong way down a motorway at night.
He has been registered as a sex offender.
Keith Mooney has 26 previous convictions including burglary, assault, criminal damage and public order.
The victim told gardaí that the bus had jerked forward when she noticed Thomas McMahon’s penis on her shoulder.
Leona O’Callaghan was groomed and raped by Patrick O’Dea when she was a child.
The victim said it had been unbearable to hear her mother giving evidence on her father’s behalf during the trial.
The accused had 164 previous convictions, mainly for road traffic offences, at the time of his arrest in 2016.
Michael Moloney pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual abuse on dates between 2009 and 2015.
Paul Kelly didn’t see Daniel Ryan as he was pulling out onto an unlit roadway.
The judge agreed to excuse him.
The attack took place in 2003.