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The family of murdered publican Tom Nevin has brought High Court proceedings aimed at restraining his widow, Catherine Nevin, who is serving a life sentence for his murder, from collecting rent from two Dublin properties.
Mr Justice Frank Clarke was yesterday told that an affidavit will have to be sworn by Nevin in prison.
Nevin (55) was jailed for life for murdering her husband at their pub, Jack White's Inn, near Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow, on March 19th, 1996. She also received seven years for soliciting three men to kill her husband, in 1969 and 1990.
Mr Nevin died without making a will. Patrick Nevin and his sister Margaret Lavelle are seeking an injunction in relation to the collection of rental money dating back to the time of their brother's death. All bank accounts pertaining to rental in relation to the two properties and other documents in relation to the houses are also being sought.
Murder trial youth 'of low intelligence'
A Dublin youth accused of murdering a young man because he was English is of such low intelligence that he may not have been able to think through his actions, a jury in the Central Criminal Court has heard.
The body of James Burke (20) lay undiscovered in September 2005 for two days in a field after a drinking session, outside a car park in the Liffey Valley shopping centre in Clondalkin, Dublin.
Michael Dempsey, a clinical psychologist, was giving evidence in the trial of Kevin Walsh (17), Tallaght.
Mr Dempsey told the court that Mr Walsh's IQ score of 68 indicated he was in the "extremely low range" of intelligence which had been termed "mild mental handicap".
The trial continues.
Attempt to recoup Cab proceeds
An attempt by convicted drug dealer Patrick Holland to stop the Exchequer getting the proceeds from the sale of his former family home was adjourned in the High Court yesterday.
Mr Holland was seeking to stop Criminal Assets Bureau proceedings aimed at handing over to the Exchequer the proceeds of the sale of a house at Brittas Bay in Co Wicklow, which was seized in 1997 and sold for just over €156,000.
Mr Holland (66) from Dublin was released from prison in April after serving a 12-year prison sentence for possession of cannabis.
Mr Holland had claimed in an affidavit that he was not in court when the original order was made and he did not know what Cab was trying to do. He denied the house was purchased with the proceeds of crime.
In his legal challenge Mr Holland claimed that the house was not obtained with the proceeds of crime. He is also claiming he is the rightful beneficiary of his late wife's financial interests.
The president of the High Court, Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan, adjourned the matter.
Family dispute over two lifeboats
A former lifeboat, famous because it used to feature on the insignia of the RNLI, is one of two boats at the centre of a family feud over ownership.
Mark Doyle, Raheny, Dublin, yesterday told a judge he would not damage, sell or dispose of former lifeboat the Saint Therese, formerly known as The General R Dudley Blake, or the motor launch The Little Flower. He undertook to Judge Jacqueline Linnane in the Circuit Civil Court not to remove either from Irish waters or to damage or destroy any title or purported title documents.
Sheila Doyle, St Lawrence's Terrace, Howth, Co Dublin, claims ownership of the boats, previously owned by her father Cyril Doyle.
Mark Doyle, her nephew, disputes ownership and claims they were passed on to him and his brother, Gregory, by Frank Doyle snr, their late father.