RENMORE MAN GETS PRISON FOR SPATE OF OFFENCES

Date Published: 22-Apr-2008

A 20 year old man was sentenced to fourteen months in prison at Galway District Court this week for burglary and other offences.Darragh Hastings of 10 Seagrove, Renmore, who has been held in custody since February, pleaded guilty to all charges.CCTV footage identified the accused as the culprit of a burglary at Bodkin's Bar Merlin Park on January 8th last.On February 23 last, Gardai were called to Supermac’s at Merlin Park where they found the accused there with a knife in his pocket.He was also found in possession of a laptop which had been taken earlier from a house nearby during a burglary.On April 12 last, Hastings was found in a highly intoxicated state by Gardai in Renmore. He was with a group of other youths and refused to leave the area when directed to do so, so he was later arrested.Defence solicitor, Olivia Traynor said her client had a poor attention span.Judge Mary Fahy sentenced Hastings to a total 14 months in prison for all offences.