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Cases connected to death of Katy French adjourned until May
A man and woman due to go on trial to face charges connected to the death of model Katy French have had their cases adjourned at Trim Circuit Criminal Court.
Kieran Ducie (40), Kilmessan, Co Meath, and Ann Corcoran (29) Tolka Road, Dublin, are charged that on December 1st and 2nd, 2007, they conspired with persons not before the court to possess cocaine for the purpose of supply.
They are also charged with supplying cocaine to Ms French and failure to get medical assistance in a timely fashion.
When the case was called yesterday, Judge Michael O’Shea was told there were outstanding matters of disclosure and the case was not ready to proceed. He adjourned the case to the next sitting of the court in May and remanded Mr Ducie and Ms Corcoran on continuing bail.
Aer Lingus seeks to get case halted
Aer Lingus has asked the High Court to halt as “frivolous and vexatious” an action in which a man alleges he was defamed when a written complaint was made to Lithuanian police about his alleged drunken behaviour while abroad a flight to Vilnius.
John McAuley, Dungloe, Co Donegal, alleges he was slandered in front of other passengers and later when the captain wrote a report to police in the Lithuanian capital.
Aer Lingus yesterday asked Mr Justice John Hedigan for an order dismissing those proceedings. He reserved his decision.
Trial of retired priest adjourned
The trial of a retired priest accused of indecently assaulting 10 boys was adjourned until later this year when he appeared at Trim Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.
Raymond Brady (75), Oldcastle, Co Meath, faces 71 counts of indecent assault which are alleged to have taken place over a 14-year period in the Meath diocese, between April 1964 and October 1978.
Judge Michael O’Shea adjourned the trial to the October sittings of the court and remanded Fr Brady on continuing bail.
Suspended sentence for lottery fraud
Two chronic gamblers who stole €7,843 from their local bookies by placing late lottery slips have each received a 12-month suspended sentence. Jim Carolan (49), Drumcairn Avenue, Fettercairn, and Kenneth Davis (55), Kilmartin Drive, both Tallaght, Dublin, between September 2008 and January 2009 both handed up lottery slips which were mistakenly accepted by the bookmaker’s cashier after the draws had taken place. Carolan and Davis pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Neither has any previous convictions.