Charged with false imprisonment and death threats in Laois

A book of evidence has been served on a man accused of threatening to kill and false imprisonment in Laois. 

Remi Hamisi, 24, of 16 Waterfront Apartments, French Church Street, Portarlington is accused of threatening to kill and falsely imprisoning a man and woman at a house in College View, Mountmellick on October 16, 2021. 

Garda Sergeant JJ Kirby told a sitting of Portlaoise District Court that the man was accused of two counts of threatening to kill and two counts of false imprisonment. He said the man should be sent forward to the next sittings of Portlaoise Circuit Court on June 13.

Solicitor Michael Byrne requested two defence counsel for the case. 

On hearing the charges carried a possible ten year sentence, Judge Andrew Cody agreed to assign legal aid for two defence counsel to the case. 

He sent the case forward to the next sittings of Portlaoise Circuit Court beginning on June  13.