Stephen Bennett gets stay in Irish Water obstruction case

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Stephen Bennett secured a stay in his Irish Water obstruction prosecution at the High Court, reported on 27 June 2016.

He faces charges in Dublin and Dún Laoghaire District Courts under the Water Services Act 2007.

Bennett is seeking to prohibit the prosecutions, arguing that the Director of Public Prosecutions lacks authority to bring them.

The DPP maintains it is entitled to prosecute him.

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys granted permission for the challenge and stayed the prosecutions pending its outcome.

The matter was returned to the following month.