Charles Colthurst gets leave to challenge driving convictions

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Charles Colthurst was granted leave at the High Court on 10 March 2025 to challenge drink-driving and dangerous-driving convictions recorded by Fermoy District Court.

The convictions followed offences said to have occurred on the M8 at Gortnahown, Mitchelstown, and at Ballinglanna, North Kilworth, on 17 September 2023. Colthurst is seeking judicial review over CCTV footage that his lawyers say was relevant to his defence; the footage from the public office at Fermoy Garda Station could not be recovered.

The High Court adjourned the matter to April 2025. The sources do not give a specific day for that next hearing.