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Courts Reporting Scheme2026-02-26

Mayo jury returns insanity verdict in telecoms damage case

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A jury at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court has returned a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in respect of an aeronautical engineer charged with damaging telecommunications infrastructure across Mayo and Galway. Adrian Behan, aged...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Courts Reporting Scheme2025-11-10

Mayo man with gambling addiction stole over €34,000

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A Castlebar man has pleaded guilty to three thefts totalling over €34,000 from a Lidl supermarket in Westport during the Christmas and New Year period of 2023. Mantas Kerusauska, aged 39, admitted to stealing €11,250 on Christmas Eve,...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Courts Reporting Scheme2025-11-06

Co Galway ballet teacher jailed for child sexual abuse in Mayo

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Leighton Morrison, a 49-year-old ballet instructor from Tuam in County Galway, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment with the final twelve months suspended following his conviction for sexually abusing two young girls during...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Courts Reporting Scheme2025-11-05

Jehovah's Witness elder jailed for 3 years for sexual abuse

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A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual offences against a woman in County Mayo. Jorge Paris, aged 62 and resident in Dublin, pleaded guilty to three...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Courts Reporting Scheme2025-10-13

ICU nurse avoids jail for forged painkiller prescriptions

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An intensive care nurse at Mayo General Hospital has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Court for forging prescriptions to obtain painkillers. Sinéad Donohoe, aged 42, of Scrigg, Ballyhaunis, pleaded guilty to two...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Courts Reporting Scheme2025-07-11

Man convicted in Mayo defilement case

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A man has been convicted of defiling a child under 17 at his home in County Mayo six years ago. The accused, whose identity is protected to safeguard the complainant, pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was acquitted of a separate count...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report
Courts Reporting Scheme2025-07-01

Mayo man (38) admits sharing intimate images of woman

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A man from Castlebar has pleaded guilty to sharing intimate images of a woman without her consent on two separate occasions. Daniel Humphreys, aged 38 and residing on McHale Road, admitted the offences at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court,...

Courts News Ireland · Original CNI report