A round-up of today's other court stories in brief.
Man charged with student's murder held
The Galway man who has been charged with the murder of Swiss student Manuela Riedo (17) last month has been further remanded in custody.
At Harristown District Court, Castlerea, yesterday, Gerald Barry, Rahoon, was remanded until December 7th. Mr Barry has been in custody at Castlerea prison, Co Roscommon, since October 19th, when he was charged with Ms Riedo's murder at a special sitting of Galway District Court.
Three for court over Bellanaboy
Three men arrested at the Bellanaboy Corrib Gas terminal site in Co Mayo yesterday morning were remanded to appear at Belmullet District Court on Wednesday.
The three were charged at Swinford District Court with obstruction of a peace officer.
Dominic McGlinchey, Dunmore Road, Tuam, and Cathal Larkin, Turner's Cross, Cork, were remanded to Belmullet court next Wednesday on their own sureties of €300, while Robert Jackson, Lenadoon Avenue, Belfast, was remanded on his own bond of €500 and an independent surety of €1,000.
Woman jailed for attempted theft
A heroin-addicted prostitute who injured a baby in a bid to rob his mother's purse has been given a three- year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Judge Delahunt heard that Joanne Wolfe (27), a mother of two, grabbed at a baby in his mother's arms when she refused to hand over her purse, inflicting scratches and bruising on the child.
Wolfe, Blackhorse Avenue, Cabra, pleaded guilty to robbing a Nigerian mother of her purse and intentionally or recklessly endangering a child in November last year.
Judge Delahunt suspended the final 18 months.
Man stole €71,000 from open ATM
A man who took €71,000 from the back of an unlocked ATM machine has been given a three-year sentence by Judge Patrick McCarten at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Patrick Ward (24), Belcamp Lane, Coolock, pleaded guilty to the theft of €71,000 in June 2006 at the Texaco garage in Ringsend.
Garda Stephen Homan from Irishtown Garda station told Colm Ó Briain, prosecuting, that Ward entered the store room at the back of the garage. He took the money from the back of the unlocked ATM machine and drove away.
Garda Homan said all of Ward's action had been captured on CCTV. None of the €71,000 has being recovered and Garda inquiries are continuing.
Judge McCartan suspended the final 18 months, noting that Ward was now drug free and did not have "a significant record at this stage of his life".