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Swords District Court round-up

Date
2015-02-09

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Balbriggan

County
Dublin

Summary

Swords District Court heard four matters. Gary Daly, 25, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of PVP. He was deemed suitable for 240 hours of community service in lieu of a prison sentence and is currently engaging with the Probation Service. Ann Gavin, 45, pleaded guilty to theft of clothes and theft of perfume and hair dye. Judge Dermot Dempsey convicted her and sentenced her to four months in prison. Babatunde Eyinola, 41, pleaded guilty to driving without insurance and driving without a driving licence. Judge Dempsey convicted him, fined him €400, and disqualified him from driving for one year for the insurance offence, taking the licence charge into consideration. Ailish Hammond, 38, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis herb. Judge Dempsey ordered a probation report to assess her suitability for 240 hours of community service in lieu of a three-month prison sentence. The matter was adjourned until April 20th.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Swords District Court round-up. Charges or matters: theft of clothes; theft of perfume and hair dye; driving without insurance; driving without a driving licence; possession of cannabis herb; unlawful possession of PVP. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted

When:

November 16th Incident
December 18th Hearing Or Sentence
March 29th, 2014 Incident
September 6th, 2012 Incident
April 20th Adjournment
2015-02-09 Publication

Why: He claimed the reason he had the drugs was because he had addiction issues and got into debt. CNI source report

Case subjects

Ailish Hammond

Defendant

Charges: possession of cannabis herb (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: adjourned until April 20th

Ann Gavin

Defendant

Charges: theft of clothes; theft of perfume and hair dye (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Babatunde Eyinola

Defendant

Charges: driving without insurance; driving without a driving licence (Proven)

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Convicted

Outcome: Convicted; Judge Dermot Dempsey convicted and fined Eyinola €400 and disqualified him from driving for one year for driving without insurance.

Gary Daly

Defendant

Charges: unlawful possession of PVP (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Gary Daly, who was deemed suitable to complete 240 hours community service in lieu of a prison sentence, was back before the court for an update on his progress.