A number one Donegal solicitor has hit out at delays from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in giving instructions in native courtroom instances.
Mr Patsy Gallagher was talking whereas addressing Letterkenny District Court docket on Thursday throughout a case of Matthew Lafferty.
Lafferty, a 35-year-old with an tackle at Calhame, Letterkenny, is charged with assault inflicting hurt to Michael Mawhinney at Tesco automobile park in Letterkenny on July 12 final.
The accused has been remanded in custody since he first appeared in courtroom on July 13. Lafferty appeared by way of video hyperlink from Castlerea Jail on Thursday.
Sergeant Jim Collins informed the courtroom that instructions weren’t but obtainable.
“I can’t perceive why the DPP has not given instructions a month later,” Mr Gallagher mentioned. “The case is in for instructions at this time. This matter allegedly occurred on July 12 and it is usually alleged there was proof on Fb as nicely so I can’t perceive why there aren’t any instructions but.
“You possibly can draw a line from Dublin to Galway and neglect about above it. That’s the truth.”
Mr Gallagher mentioned there was no hospitalisation in relation to the case and requested for the State’s help in getting instructions.
“There must be precedence given – he has been in custody for a month,” Mr Gallagher mentioned.
Sergeant Collins mentioned a medical report was awaited.
“It’s prompt that there have been some comparatively critical accidents from my understanding,” Sergeant Collins informed the courtroom.
Decide Deirdre Gearty remanded Lafferty in custody to look once more on August 24.
A earlier courtroom sitting heard that Lafferty has 14 earlier convictions and there had been 15 bench warrants for him since 2007.
On that event, Decide Éiteáin Cunningham refused bail, saying that the prosecution had established a case concerning the chance of Lafferty reoffending and the potential interference with witnesses.
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