*Kilrush. A MOTHER of a 16-year old boy charged in connection with an alleged knife attack that inflicted head-wounds on another male which required 80 stitches is now herself facing two charges arising from the same incident.
*Martin Hannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley A judge has stated that a 43-year old Shannon man subjected two innocent men to “a drive-by shooting by the Internet” when falsely claiming on Facebook that the two were paedophiles.
*The matter was before Ennis Circuit Court on Monday. THERE ARE 55,000 pages of telephone records as part of the evidence against two Limerick men facing charges for their roles in an alleged €1m burglary spree in the Mid-West, a court has heard.
*The alleged assault took place in February of this year. A 45-year old carpenter charged in connection with a claw-hammer assault on a father at his home in front of the alleged victim’s two children, aged 12 and 10 has been returned for trial.
*Páidi Fitzpatrick. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A 38-year old Dublin man has appeared in court in connection with the alleged harassment of ex Clare hurler, Páidí Fitzpatrick over a nine month period.
*Criminal damage of €16,000 was caused at the grounds of Wolfe Tones GAA club. A 25-year old Limerick man has appeared in court charged in connection with an estimated €1m plus alleged crime spree in Clare, Limerick and Galway.
*Ennis Courthouse. A 16-year old Clare boy has appeared in connection with an alleged broad daylight knife attack that inflicted head-wounds on another male which required 80 stitches, a children’s court heard today.
*FILE PIC: Joseph Mangan. A CLARE man charged in connection with the alleged street assault of a retired District Court judge is to face trial at the Circuit Court.
*Martin Hannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley ONE MAN fled Shannon in terror in his gym-gear without his belongings while another man became a target of online hate and felt that there was a bounty on his head after they were both falsely identified as ‘sick paedos’ in a Facebook post, a court has heard.
A JUDGE has refused a 47 year old man’s application to withdraw his guilty plea that he sexually assaulted a female at an apartment in Meelick three years ago.