Ryan Dunne
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Court takes 'merciful approach' to man who sexually assaulted teen girl (opens the original)
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The Court of Appeal has taken a "merciful approach" to a then 21-year-old man who was on bail when he sexually assaulted a teenage girl - a year after he had defiled her when she was aged 12 - and he will not face any extra jail time, despite a finding that his original sentence was too lenient. The court ruled that a six-month prison sentence imposed on Ben Lawlor for the charge of defilement of a child was appropriate, given that the then 12-year-old victim factually [but not legally] consente
Man arranged âstraightenerâ during which father of seven was stabbed to death, court hears (opens the original)
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A man arranged âa straightenerâ between two groups in a Wicklow playground during which a father of seven was stabbed to death, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Patrick Fitzpatrickâs barrister said this was not a âTraveller feudâ, but âa matter of alternative dispute resolutionâ between the two groups. The court heard how âloving son and devoted fatherâ William Moorehouse (36) died after sustaining five stab wounds. Fitzpatrick (33), with an address at Sunset View, Corran,
Trial date set for woman and teenager accused of murdering Scarlett Faulkner (opens the original)
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A date has been set for the Central Criminal Court trial of a woman and a teenager charged with the murder of mother-of-one Scarlett Faulkner last March. Ms Faulkner (29) died three weeks after an alleged assault on the R494 at Birdhill, County Tipperary, on March 21 this year. A 40-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl were charged with her murder earlier this month. Mr Justice Paul McDermott, presiding over the Central Criminal Court case list, fixed October 27 next for their trial. Sign up to
Man who raped unconscious wife asks for video evidence to be submitted in appeal (opens the original)
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A 52-year-old man who repeatedly raped his wife by inserting various objects into her while she was unconscious has argued that a video showing what he says is consensual sexual behaviour during a "date night" should be submitted in support of a conviction appeal. At the Court of Appeal on Monday, barristers for the appellant submitted that the man found what they argue is "new evidence" on a laptop he purchased after his other devices had been seized by the gardaí during the investigation in 20
Court rejects appeal argument from Kerry man who raped younger brother for years (opens the original)
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The Court of Appeal has rejected an argument by a Kerry man who raped and sexually abused his younger brother for years that evidence of the abuse given by the complainant to a witness in "the present perfect continuous tense" should not have been admitted into his trial. "People making statements may not have the correct grammar upper most in their minds," said Mr Justice Charles Meenan, dismissing a conviction appeal by Paul Kelly (47). Barristers for Kelly had submitted that when his brother
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