A roundup of today's other court stories in brief
Killer fined for being drunk on bus
Charlotte Mulhall (24), who was jailed last Monday for the murder of her mother's boyfriend, was yesterday fined €100 after Dublin District Court heard she was drunk on the 77 bus on the Tallaght route while with a young child last September.
Mulhall, a mother of one, got a life sentence for the murder of Farah Swaleh Noor (38), whose dismembered body was thrown into the Royal Canal. Her sister Linda (31) was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years.
Charlotte was last month fined €200 for failing to turn up in court on a prostitution charge which she picked up while on bail last September in relation to the murder case. Yesterday, she pleaded guilty to being drunk and a danger to herself during the same month while on a bus.
Two charged with house burglary
Two men were charged at Carlow District Court yesterday with aggravated burglary at the house from which a woman was forcibly abducted at Graiguecullen, on the Laois-Carlow border on Wednesday morning.
Tom Doran (54) and his son Jim Doran (21), Meadowbrook, Tramore, Co Waterford, were remanded in custody at Cloverhill prison by Judge Mary Martin.
Gardaí said more serious charges were being investigated. Both will appear again at Carlow District Court on Wednesday.
Cocaine supplier gets 10 years
A man who had cocaine valued at €840,000 and almost €400,000 in cash at his home has been given a 10-year jail sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
John Doyle (33), a plasterer, pleaded guilty to possession for supply on September 16th, 2005, at The Grove, Barons Hall, Balbriggan, where his rent was being paid by the criminals to whom he was in debt. Judge Ryan suspended the final two years of the sentence taking into account Doyle's circumstances, his co-operation with gardaí and his guilty plea.
Isobel Kennedy SC, defending, said Doyle was a drug addict who was in debt to his dealers and had suffered a difficult childhood.
Nevin estate may face debt claim
A court is to consider joining the personal representatives of murdered publican Tom Nevin as co-defendants in legal proceedings to recover an alleged €38,000 debt for work done on two Dublin properties and Jack White's Inn, Brittas, Co Wicklow.
Catherine Nevin, who is serving a life sentence in Mountjoy Prison for the murder of her husband in 1996, denies she is responsible for the debt and claims the proper defendant is the estate of her late husband.
The estate is represented by Patrick Nevin and Margaret Lavelle, brother and sister of the murdered publican. Judge Jacqueline Linnane yesterday directed that they be notified of an application to join them as co-defendants.
Blackbell Ltd, which trades as Irish Conservatories, The Conservatory and Garden Bazaar, Stepaside, Co Dublin, is seeking to recover just under €38,000 for refurbishment of properties at Mountshannon Road and Mayfield Road, Dublin, both off the South Circular Road, and Jack White's Inn.
Man remanded on assault charge
A man charged with assaulting a woman causing her harm has been remanded for sentence after he changed his plea to guilty just before his trial was due to start at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Daniel Keogh (21), Kevin Barry House, Church Street, Dublin, admitted assaulting Dione Kavanagh causing her harm at Queen Street apartments on February 26th, 2005. His guilty plea came just after a jury had been empanelled.