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Swords District Court round-up

Date
2015-02-16

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Balbriggan

County
Dublin

Summary

Swords District Court heard four matters. Rica Cantaragiu (28) pleaded guilty to driving without reasonable consideration on the R132 at Balrothery in May 2014. She was convicted and fined €150. Wojtek Jedrej (19) pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and unlawful possession of drugs. He was convicted, fined €400 for the driving offence, and disqualified from driving for four years, with the disqualification postponed until August 1st. He was also convicted and fined €300 for possession. Robert Kinsella (28) pleaded guilty to being intoxicated and using threatening and abusive behaviour in Swords in December 2014. The court ordered a probation report to assess his suitability for 240 hours of community service work in lieu of a two-month prison sentence. Anthony Byrne (21) pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of Ecstasy tablets in Coolock in July 2014. The matter was adjourned for a Probation & Welfare Report to be filed by April 13th.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Swords District Court round-up. Charges or matters: driving without reasonable consideration; driving under the influence of drugs; unlawful possession of drugs; unlawful possession of Ecstasy tablets; being intoxicated; using threatening and abusive behaviour. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted

When:

May 9th, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
January 18th, 2014 Incident
August 1st Incident
December 7th, 2014 Incident
July 8th, 2014 Adjournment
April 13th Other
Christmas Incident
2015-02-16 Publication

Why: Ms D'Arcy explained that the incident happened following a work Christmas party and Kinsella didn't have control over what he drank. CNI source report

Case subjects

Anthony Byrne

Convicted Person

Charges: unlawful possession of Ecstasy tablets (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Rica Cantaragiu

Convicted Person

Charges: driving without reasonable consideration (Proven)

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Convicted

Outcome: Convicted; Rica Cantaragiu (28), of Hampton Green in Balbriggan, has been convicted and fined €150 after she pleaded guilty to driving without reasonable consideration on the R132 at Balrothery on May 9th, 2014.

Robert Kinsella

Convicted Person

Charges: being intoxicated; using threatening and abusive behaviour (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Judge Dermot Dempsey ordered a probation report to see if Kinsella is suitable for 240 hours community service work in lieu of a two month prison sentence.

Wojtek Jedrej

Convicted Person

Charges: driving under the influence of drugs; unlawful possession of drugs (Proven)

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Convicted

Outcome: Convicted; Judge Dermot Dempsey convicted and fined Jedrej €400 for driving while under the influence of drugs and disqualified him from driving for four years.