A round-up of today's other court stories in brief.
Jury still absent from O'Reilly trial
Legal argument continued yesterday in the absence of the jury at the Central Criminal Court trial of Joe O'Reilly for the murder of his wife Rachel (30).
It was the 10th day of the trial of Mr O'Reilly, Baldarragh, The Naul, Co Dublin. He has pleaded not guilty. The jury is to return on Monday.
Two in court over Dublin shooting
Two men have appeared in court in Dublin charged with a gun attack in the south of the city on Wednesday which has left another man critically ill.
Jason Nolan (20), Walkinstown Avenue, and Jonathan Dunne, Windmill Road, Crumlin, have been charged in relation to the attack on Ian Kenny(22) Monasterboice Road, Crumlin, at Lakelands Road, Stillorgan.
Both were remanded in custody to Cloverhill Prison and will appear before the courts on July 13th.
Suspended term for knife crime
The teenager who gave Kelly Noble the knife used to fatally stab Emma McLoughlin in Laytown, Co Meath, last year, was given a 12-month suspended sentence at Drogheda District Court yesterday.
Niamh Cullen (19) Inse Bay, Laytown, pleaded guilty in January to possession of the knife at Pat's Supermarket, Laytown on June 2nd 2006.
Noble was convicted in March for the manslaughter of Ms McLoughlin (19) who died after being stabbed in the chest. She was sentenced to 10 years in May, with the final two years suspended.
€20,000 for bookies' slander
A man has been awarded €20,000 damages by Mr Justice Esmond Smyth in the Circuit Civil Court because Paddy Power bookmakers refused to pay him his €179 winnings.
Liam Galligan, Gorey Road, Carnew, Co Wicklow, had placed a €50 bet and when he went to collect his winnings, he found it had been paid to someone else. He claimed the manager had told him he was a scammer. Within days Paddy Power realised its mistake and told him he could collect his winnings.
Instead he complained of slander and Mr Justice Smyth awarded him €20,000 damages, a 400/1 return on his initial outlay.
Counsel for Mr Galligan said Paddy Powers had made a mistake in not paying out on the bet. It had paid out on a similar bet to another punter who had lost his ticket.
Money-laundering trial continues
The trial of a former building society manager accused of laundering money, which was allegedly the proceeds of tax fraud by members of the construction industry, has continued in legal argument.
Shane Sutton (42), Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to 47 charges of money laundering.
Man guilty of child sex assault
A Mayo man has been found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of raping and sexually assaulting a child more than 20 years ago.
The 58-year-old was convicted on four counts of raping and four counts of indecently assaulting the victim from April 1979 to June 1986 in Co Mayo.
Mr Justice Peter Charleton directed that he be registered as a sex offender and remanded him in custody for sentence later.