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1 week ago | courtsnewsireland.ie | Elaine Stenson

A 43-year-old man who was found with cocaine in a parked camper van has avoided a conviction after a judge noted he has since turned his life around and is now helping others in addiction recovery. Darren Kane, of Butterfield Close, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, was discovered asleep in the driver’s seat of a Volkswagen camper van at around 1:50am on 9 May 2021, at the Spawell Service Station.

1 week ago | courtsnewsireland.ie | Elaine Stenson

A 32-year-old man who stole a €15 bottle of Jameson from a shop over three years ago has been fined €250, as a judge remarked that the whiskey was unlikely to be returned, given how long ago the theft occurred. Clinton Martin, with an address at Newhall Court, Tallaght, Dublin 24, was charged under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act. He pleaded guilty to the theft, which occurred around 7.50pm on 15th March 2022 at Centra, Kiltalown Way, Tallaght.

1 week ago | courtsnewsireland.ie | Elaine Stenson

A judge has told a 44-year-old man that he is “far too old” to be coming back before the courts after he admitted to his role in the theft of a handbag from an unlocked car outside a jewellers in Dublin. James O’Callaghan, of Saint Andrew’s Court, Dublin 2, appeared before Dún Laoghaire District Court, where he pleaded guilty to a Section 4 theft offence arising from an incident outside Bridge Jewellers on Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, shortly after 1pm on October 21, 2020.

1 week ago | courtsnewsireland.ie | Elaine Stenson

A driver who told gardai that he had been using a large butcher’s knife in his car as a “makeshift screwdriver” for fixing the windscreen wipers has been fined €150. Adam Printo (26), of Sundale Villas, Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin 24, appeared before Tallaght District Court, where he entered a guilty plea to a charge under Section 9 of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act.

1 week ago | courtsnewsireland.ie | Stephen Bourke

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