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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers’ son found not guilty
Anton Rodgers, 20, and three Brighton team-mates were found not guilty of sexual assault and voyeurism.
# court - Friday 24 May, 2013
Bray garda to stand trial after claims she forged a letter from the DPP
Catherine McGowan (46) from west Dublin will stand trial in eight weeks.
# court - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
US can keep dead Osama bin Laden photos under wraps
A court ruled that pictures of a dead Bin Laden could reveal classified intelligence methods.
Four men sent to prison for blackmailing couple in NI
A senior PSNI officer said blackmail can be a “difficult crime to combat”.
# court - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Court says Google’s auto-complete ‘can be defamatory’
An entrepreneur said the words ‘Scientology’ and ‘fraud’ came up when he typed his name into the search box of the German version of Google.
Accused in Tia Sharp murder sentenced to 38 years in prison
Stuart Hazell unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty yesterday, admitting to killing the 12-year-old before stuffing her body in an attic.
# court - Thursday 9 May, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added terrible (and expensive) rooms for rent
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# court - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Body found in Ennis believed to be homeless man who slept in public toilets
Josef Pavelka came to national attention when a judge ordered the HSE to find accommodation for him so he wouldn’t have to sleep in the town’s public toilets.
# court - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Man charged with €60k of cannabis, LSD and cocaine to appear in court
The drugs were found after gardaà stopped a car in Rathmines and made a follow-up search of a house in Rathfarnham.
# court - Friday 3 May, 2013
The 5 at 5: Friday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# court - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Supreme Court: Ireland has a right to life, not a right to die
There was standing-room only in the small courtroom on Monday morning as the 7 judges ruled that Marie Fleming, who has MS, did not have the right to end her own life with help from her partner.
# court - Monday 29 April, 2013
Jackson lawyers to launch case against tour promoter
Opening statements are due in Los Angeles today during the wrongful death trial.
# court - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Column: Is television courtroom broadcasting a good idea?
On a recent visit to Ireland, well-known television personality Judy Judy called for television courtroom broadcasting in Ireland. Solicitor Paul Lambert discusses what this proposal might mean.
Musharraf in Pakistan court over Bhutto killing
He appeared before an anti-terrorism court for the first time over the murder of the former prime minister.
# court - Monday 22 April, 2013
Update: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged in hospital bed, faces death penalty
His first hearing in US federal court has been scheduled for Thursday, 30 May.
6 celebrity arrests that may surprise you
Bruno Mars and Hugh Grant are a bit bolder than you’d expect.
# court - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Pakistan court extends Musharraf custody
He was arrested yesterday ahead of key elections – the arrest was due to Musharraf’s decision to sack judges when he imposed emergency rule in November 2007.
# court - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Pakistan’s Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest
A court in Peshawar disqualified Musharraf from running in the parliamentary election scheduled for 11 May.
# court - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Poll: Do you think judicial independence is being undermined?
The Government has been accused of demolishing the judiciary “brick by brick”.
# court - Monday 15 April, 2013
Poll: Should non-Irish citizens be eligible for jury duty?
A report being launched today wants EU citizens and other long-term residents to be included in panels to sit on juries.
LRC report recommends non-Irish citizens for jury duty
The Law Reform Commission is also recommending that up to three additional jurors are selected for long-running trials.
# court - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Former Premier League star Peter Ndlovu pleads not guilty in fatal crash case
The car accident killed the former Coventry striker’s brother and a family friend last year.
Man charged in connection with Lusk drug seizure
Gardaà found €250,000 worth of cannabis herb during a search in Lusk as part of an ongoing operation targeting the criminal activity of a North Dublin crime gang.
# court - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Judge names Spanish princess in corruption case
This is the first time a direct relation of the king has been called to appear in a court of law on suspicion of wrongdoing.
# court - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Father facing lifelong ‘hatred’ in UK over child fire deaths
Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead will be sentenced tomorrow.
Irish teenager charged with threatening Guyana leader
The 17-year-old’s lawyer said he had been drinking alcohol when he told bodyguards he would shoot and kill the president.
Philpotts to be sentenced today over killing of six children
Mick and Mairead Philpott were found guilty of six counts of manslaughter after the children died in a house fire.
# court - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# court - Monday 1 April, 2013
India’s top court backs generics in key drug patent ruling
A bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis was rejected in a landmark ruling following a seven-year legal battle.
# court - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Eight men due in court in relation to dissident republican activity
Eight men were arrested following a garda raid of a commercial premises in Clondalkin, after which a loaded firearm was seized.
# court - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
Italy court orders retrial for Amanda Knox
Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted on appeal in 2011 for the killing of Meredith Kercher – but now face a retrial.
# court - Monday 25 March, 2013
Italian court confirms Berlusconi ally guilty in mafia case
Dell’Utri, 71, was accused of playing the middle man between Berlusconi and the criminal association.
# court - Friday 22 March, 2013
Man sentenced to six years for firearms and terrorist-related offences in Belfast
In September 2010, detectives incovered large quantity of firearms and ammunition from a workshop at the rear of the man’s home.
# court - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Former NFL cheerleader accused of asking a 12-year-old boy for sex
The 42-year-old insists she’s innocent.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Man in court after firearm recovered in Tallaght
The suspect allegedly discarded a gun from his car.
# court - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Two found liable in Omagh bomb civil retrial
The retrial found Seamus Daly and Colm Murphy liable on the grounds of trespass to the person.
# court - Thursday 14 March, 2013
Irish Daily Mail to pay damages over McAreavey photo
The Irish Daily Mail published a photograph of John McAreavey interspersed with CCTV stills of a German couple arguing.
# court - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Manchester City star Carlos Tevez charged with driving ban breach
The maximum penalty for driving while disqualified is six months’ imprisonment for a first-time offender.




























































