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A Dutch national's application to stand as an independent surety for a man awaiting trial on drugs conspiracy charges has been rejected by the Special Criminal Court. The court heard that Sadaf Piroozram (52) offered to lodge €30,000 for...
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A Dutch teacher who sold his house to secure bail for a compatriot accused of drug smuggling appeared before the Special Criminal Court. Ali Ghasemi Mazidi, aged 50 and resident in the Netherlands, faces charges of conspiracy to import...
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A coordinated operation involving gardaí across the south coast has dismantled a suspected drug-smuggling conspiracy, the Special Criminal Court heard. In March last year, ten men were arrested following operations in the villages of...
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A Spanish national has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to conspiracy to smuggle controlled drugs valued in excess of €13,000 into Ireland. Juan Antonio Gallardo Barroso, aged 56, admitted the charge relating to an alleged...
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A bilingual barrister assisted proceedings at the Special Criminal Court today after an interpreter experienced difficulty during his first court appearance. The Spanish-language interpreter, who has worked in hospital settings but not...
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A 66-year-old man from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison following his guilty plea to deception offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Charles Mavitty pleaded guilty to inducing two...
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A man from County Meath has been sentenced to five years imprisonment following his conviction for falsely imprisoning and threatening to kill his former wife at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. On 20 September 2021, the 24-year-old forced...
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A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death has consented to his surrender to Northern Ireland authorities at the High Court. Conor Jeremiah Briody was sentenced to six years imprisonment, with three years...
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John Downey has lost a Court of Appeal challenge seeking to prevent his extradition to Northern Ireland in connection with the 1972 Enniskillen bombing. The 67-year-old, arrested in November 2018 at his home in Creeslough, Co Donegal,...
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John Downey, aged 67, has appealed his extradition to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the August 1972 bombing in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in which two British Army soldiers were killed. The High Court in Dublin ordered...
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A 67-year-old man from County Donegal has been granted a date to appeal his extradition to Northern Ireland over charges relating to a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen. John Downey was arrested in November 2018 at his home in Creeslough...
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The High Court has finalised the legal basis on which John Downey may appeal his extradition to Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Aileen Donnelly, the presiding extradition judge, rejected multiple objections to his surrender before granting...
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A High Court judge has granted leave to appeal in the case of a 67-year-old man arrested in Co Donegal and wanted by UK authorities in connection with the 1972 Enniskillen bombing. The man is accused of involvement in an incident on 25...
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A 67-year-old man facing extradition to Northern Ireland on charges related to the 1972 deaths of two Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers in Enniskillen has sought leave to appeal the High Court's extradition order. The man is alleged to...
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A man arrested in County Donegal is to be extradited to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen. The High Court has rejected John Downey's objections to extradition on multiple grounds, including claims...
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A man arrested on a European Arrest Warrant faces extradition proceedings in the High Court over allegations connected to a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. John Downey, aged 67, is wanted by Northern Irish authorities to...
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A 66-year-old man arrested in County Donegal in November on a European Arrest Warrant has had his bail conditions relaxed by the High Court. John Downey is sought by Northern Irish authorities in connection with charges relating to the...
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A High Court hearing into the extradition of John Downey (66) to face charges relating to the deaths of two UDR soldiers in Enniskillen on 25 August 1972 has been adjourned. Northern Irish authorities are seeking Mr Downey's surrender to...
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A 66-year-old man from Donegal has been granted bail by the High Court pending an extradition hearing to face charges in Northern Ireland. The man was arrested at his home in Creeslough on a European Arrest Warrant relating to the deaths...
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A 66-year-old man arrested in County Donegal has been brought before the High Court on a European Arrest Warrant in connection with a 1972 bombing in Enniskillen that killed two soldiers. The accused is charged with murder and aiding and...