Two men remanded in custody after M1 pursuit and filling station robbery charge

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Two Dublin men appeared in Trim District Court charged in connection with a robbery at a filling station in Northern Ireland and the ramming of three Garda patrol cars during a pursuit on the M1 in County Louth, LMFM reported on 25 August 2020. The court heard the arrests followed a 23-minute Garda pursuit. The DPP directed that the robbery charge could be dealt with in Ireland under the Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act 1976.

Alan Melia faced additional charges including endangerment, dangerous driving and criminal damage. Following a contested bail hearing, Judge Bernadette Owens remanded both men in custody, with consent to bail, to appear at Cloverhill District Court on Friday subject to conditions including a curfew, daily signing and surrendering their passports.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.