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Swords District Court round-up

Summary

Swords District Court heard several matters involving defendants Emmet Fitzsimons, Antons Marchinkevics, and Gillian O'Donnell. Fitzsimons, 21, pleaded guilty to being intoxicated and using threatening and abusive behaviour in Swords. Judge Dermot Dempsey struck out the case after Fitzsimons paid €250 to the Garda Benevolent Fund, noting the defendant had apologised and completed a security course. In a separate matter, Antons Marchinkevics, 33, pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without insurance following a crash in Rush. He was disqualified for three years for drink driving and two years for lack of insurance, and fined €400 for each offence. Marchinkevics provided a breath sample of 72mg/100ml. Regarding Gillian O'Donnell, 38, the court issued a bench warrant for her arrest after she failed to appear. She is alleged to have stolen footwear from Tesco Express in Balbriggan and to be in unlawful possession of cannabis. The matter remains at the pre-trial stage with no plea entered or finalisation recorded. Additionally, Caroline Joyce was granted a hearing date of March 23rd for alleged criminal damage and breach of a protection order, though she is not a validated subject in this summary.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Swords District Court round-up. Charges or matters: intoxicated; threatening and abusive behaviour; drink driving; driving without insurance; theft; drug possession. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial

When:

• November 29th Hearing Or Sentence
• October 18th Hearing Or Sentence
• March 23rd Incident
• December 27th, 2013 Incident
• October 7th, 2013 Incident
• October 5th, 2014 Incident
• 2015-01-26 Publication

Case subjects

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Topics

Drugs Road Traffic Stage Charge Or Pretrial Theft

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