Bail of €5,000 is to be provided by the mother of a teenager accused of manslaughter under bail conditions imposed by Judge Mary Devins at Ballina District Court today .
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged on Sunday with the unlawful killing of Dovydas Jenkas (17) at Claremount Estate, Claremorris, in the early hours of Saturday last.
At a special court on Sunday, Judge Devins remanded the accused on bail to Ballina District Court today on a number of conditions. These bail terms were revisited today by the judge.
Det Sgt James Carroll, who arrested the accused in Claremorris on Sunday and later charged him, said he was satisfied the situation was confined to two people and he did not think there was a risk involved to anybody else.
Supt Joe Doherty applied for a remand on bail to February 16th next for the preparation of the book of evidence and to allow the DPP to consider further charges.
Under the bail conditions, the accused’s mother, who again accompanied him in court today, must furnish cash bail of €5,000, both the accused and his mother must surrender their passports, the accused must reside with his mother and obey a curfew between the hours of 7pm and 8am and must sign on thrice weekly at Claremorris Garda station.
The accused must also make himself available at all times to gardaí during his curfew periods and must not make contact with the family of the accused or any witnesses.
The judge ordered that the the accused refrain form making any comments on social media about any aspects of the case.
Mr O’ Dwyer explained that another family member - not the accused - had commented on social media about the matter but all Facebook accounts had now been disabled.