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Rape accused has bail conditions changed over time it takes to get to open garda station
Summary
A Laois resident, whose identity is protected, faces trial in June 2016 for two counts of rape committed in Dublin on 9 February. He has been granted bail with conditions requiring him to sign on at Portlaoise Garda Station three times a week. His lawyers argued that the nearest 24‑hour station was over an hour away by public transport, making the requirement impractical. They noted that other stations closer to his home were only open part‑time and that the only other 24‑hour station, in Portarlington, was even farther. The accused, a married man with an Irish wife, claimed he would not leave the area and requested removal of the sign‑on conditions. Justice Carroll Moran agreed to modify the bail, allowing the accused to sign on twice a week at Kevin Street Garda Station in Dublin, where he regularly travels for work.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Rape accused has bail conditions changed over time it takes to get to open garda station. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial
When:
- June 2016 Incident
- February 9 Incident
- 2015-06-29 Publication
Why: A Laois resident accused of raping a woman in the capital has had his bail conditions changed because it takes him so long to travel to an open garda station to sign on. CNI source report
Case subjects
Accused
Places mentioned
- travel to an open garda station
- Court that the nearest garda station
- sign on at Portlaoise garda station
- Portlaoise
- surely there was another garda station
- on. The only other garda station
- He said that Portlaoise Garda Station
- week at Kevin Street Garda Station
- Kevin Street
- Central Criminal Court
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