Steve Collins hearing adjourned

A hearing involving former world boxing champion Steve Collins has been adjourned until February 25th.

A hearing involving former world boxing champion Steve Collins has been adjourned until February 25th.

Judge Ann Ryan, sitting at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, was told the potential retrial, which was due to start in October, has been delayed because of a Supreme Court decision during the summer relating to similar trials.

Collins, who lives in England, was tried last year in relation to an alleged assault on Albanian national Adriatik Vodo (37) on June 3rd, 2006.

A jury failed to agree a verdict on the same charge after a six-day trial and four hours of deliberation. Collins claimed he acted in self-defence.