Video watcher wins TV licence case
A man who told a TV licence inspector that he only used his television to watch movies, had a summons struck out against him at Galway District Court on Tuesday.
When asked how he finds out the news, Charles Brady, of Riverdale, Oranmore, told Judge Mary Fahy that he reads newspapers.
He had been summoned for having no TV licence on February 12 last year.
State Solicitor, William Kennedy, told the court that when the inspector visited Mr Brady’s home he was told that the television set was only used to watch videos.
“I offered to allow them to come in and check,” Mr Brady told the court under oath.
“There are no channels on it for three years; I’m keeping it for when I’m back on my feet again,”
Mr Kennedy said that he accepted the evidence, and asked that the summons be struck out. Judge Fahy acceded to the request.