A father charged with 22 counts of masturbating in front of his pre-teen child is arguing “the mother of the child is putting the child up to it”.

A GRAIGUECULLEN man was last week ordered in Carlow District Court to carry out community service after he got “very agitated” when he was approached by a member of An Garda Síochána in a supermarket.

A GRAIGUECULLEN man was last week served a book of evidence in Carlow District Court and will now face a charge in the circuit court of assaulting a garda sergeant, causing him harm.

A PENSIONER was last week fined €1,400 and put off the road for two years after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of cocaine and to dangerous driving.

THERE was some confusion regarding the whereabout of a Laois man when his case was called at last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court.

AN elderly man who was drunk in the middle of the day and tripped a kid off a scooter avoided a conviction after the judge accepted his tale of personal woe.

A motorist who hit a pedestrian as she was crossing the road pleaded guilty to careless driving at last week’s sitting of Carlow District Court.

A man who started taking drugs when he was eight years old was given an additional ten months in prison last week for a burglary in Newbridge. “You gotta get a grip on your life,” said the judge. “Or the drugs will kill me,” acknowledged the prisoner.

A CONVICT who appeared in court from custody to be sentenced for being drunk and disorderly on Christmas Eve, and for threatening to vandalise a restaurant he was barred from, was sentenced to nine months in prison.

THE man accused of the fatal hit and run of a Kildare teenager in November finally got bail at a cost of €20,000 last week (28 January) after a judge accepted the bona fides of the accused’s cousin and his business partner to underwrite the amount.