Court reports mentioning Kanturk, Cork

2019-10-25 · Cork

Woman sold drugs to feed horses at her sanctuary

Rosalind Barton, 49, of Barrduff, Killarney, pleaded guilty to possessing €139,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply at Dromalour, Kanturk, Co Cork on 8 December 2017 and €8,000 worth of cocaine at her home on the same date. She claimed the drugs were sold to fund feeding of abandoned horses at her sanctuary. Barton was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin on 10 January 2019. The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence. The court noted that gardaí observed two vans entering the side of the road outside Kanturk, from which black refuse bags containing the cannabis were taken. A follow‑up search of Barton's home revealed the cocaine. Barton admitted her role in the transactions and had no prior convictions. The appeal was dismissed with no error found in principle.

2014-03-24 · Cork

Reserved judgement in appeal brought by rapist who wore women's underwear

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement on an appeal by Przemyslaw Jakubowski, 39, who was jailed for fifteen years for ambushing a woman in a Cork town public toilet and subjecting her to over half an hour of rape and sexual violence. Jakubowski, who had previously been convicted of attempted rape, was found guilty on eleven counts including rape, oral rape, anal rape, threats to kill, assault causing harm, sexual assault and false imprisonment, and not guilty on one count of oral rape. The appeal was based solely on the alleged invalidity of a search warrant used to introduce evidence from a search of Jakubowski's house. The Court of Criminal Appeal, presided over by Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell, has therefore reserved judgement.