Man who cannot be named pleads guilty to perverting justice

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A man who cannot be named pleaded guilty to intending to pervert the course of justice at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 12 November 2020. The offence occurred through telephone contact with his former partner between March and July 2020, according to the charge.

He had been convicted the previous day of coercive control, intimidation and multiple assaults following a four-week trial. The jury acquitted him of one assault causing harm charge and found him not guilty of endangerment.

The man was remanded in continuing custody until 12 January 2021. An order continued to prohibit publication of details that could identify him or the complainant.