The defendant's car was stopped and searched by gardaí on Main Street, Portarlington on 8 April.

Passengers were leaving the bus due to the man’s behaviour

A WOMAN who is a co-accused in an alleged robbery of €780 from a service station has been sent forward to the 21 April sitting of Portlaoise Circuit Criminal Court.

When the description was checked, the store manager spotted it was false and contacted gardaí.

A LOCAL man pleaded not guilty to the theft of €4. 60 worth of groceries when he appeared before Portlaoise District Court.

“When somebody is addicted to heroin, drunk and has a knife, it’s a lethal combination,” said Judge Cody

A REVENUE officer applied to Portlaoise District Court last week to extend a detention order on cash they seized from a local shop on 7 May last year.

The case was taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The case was taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

A MAN who allegedly spat blood, phlegm and smeared bodily fluids on the walls and floor of a holding cell in a garda station was brought before last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court on foot of a bench warrant.

A WOMAN who had been due to attend Portlaoise District Court last week was unable to do so because, a few days before, she had been attacked by a dog.

The lorry driver was commended by gardaí

A LOCAL man who stole a €2. 80 bottle of coca cola was given a one-month custodial sentence when he appeared at Portlaoise District Court last week.

The court had been told that at 1.20am, gardaí came across both men stumbling along the footpath in a very drunken state

He had been convicted at a previous sitting of the case to exposing his genitals intending to cause fear, distress or alarm to another person

A WOMAN who filled shopping trolleys with alcohol and groceries on three separate occasions from two different stores totalling €2,128 appeared before Portlaoise District Court charged with three counts of thefts.

There was no money in the purse at the time and it was found a short distance away from the car.

“It’s not his field,” said the 61-year-old. “It’s my field.”

'He became the black sheep of the family over his addiction.'

The total of the goods stolen was €179.23

The defendant sent 16 emails to a shared email account that threated to kill or to cause serious injury to the recipient.

‘He has now turned a corner’ – Josephine Fitzpatrick

It happened during a busy school period as the boy, who was cycling across the pedestrian crossing

It was described by the prosecuting garda Trevor Darcy as an alleged ‘jugging’ crime

The 51-year-old  is alleged to have been in possession of the pornography in his home

The defendant came before the court by video link charged with assault causing harm on 9 February at a location in Laois.

A man came into Portlaoise Garda Station and reported that his car had been rear-ended while he was driving in the Rock of Dunamase area.

A SOLICITOR for a man on a 7pm to 7am curfew asked Judge Susan Fay to vary the times gardaí could call to his house to check if he is home because they are calling at all hours and in some cases at 2am in the morning.

On another occasion, said Sgt Kirby, as he was walking by her, he commented: “Look at that horrible c**t.”

The total amount of goods taken amounted to €209.

He failed to stop when pursued

A SMALL business owner from Mountmellick was before last week’s sitting of the District Court on a motoring offence.

A LOCAL WOMAN who was feeling unwell as last week’s sitting of the district court in Portlaoise had her case adjourned until May.

The 40-year-old Laois man pleaded guilty to the offence of breaching a safety order

GARDA Lisa Murray served a book of evidence on a 22-year-old Laois man when he was sent forward to the present sitting of Portlaoise Circuit Criminal Court on sex offences.

THE Probation Act was applied at Portlaoise District Court to a man who had gathered €500 to be donated for the upkeep of a graveyard.

“We went from not guilty to guilty, back to not guilty and now he’s pleading guilty,” said Judge Cody.

A LOCAL man with 215 previous convictions was given two six-month prison sentences for driving offences when he was brought before Portlaoise District Court.

He pleaded guilty to the offences.

Garda Foy said the defendant took out insurance cover for her vehicle hours after he had stopped her.

Defending solicitor Josehine Fitzpatrick said that her client’s partner is currently in the maternity ward at Portlaoise hospital

She was disqualified from driving for refusing to provide a breath sample following a road traffic collision

There are enough local shoplifters in Portlaoise without tourists coming to the town doing the same thing -Judge Andrew Cody