Near 20 year criminal damage charge struck out in Longford court
A defendant brought before judge Patricia Cronin to answer allegations about an offence from almost 19 years ago had the matter struck out at Longford District Court.
Yasir Mansoor who had a charge sheet address of Tempe Place, Green Valley Street, Dublin 1 was brought before Judge Patricia Cronin on a bench warrant issued in respect of a charge that on December 17, 2004 at Westmoreland Street, Dublin he damaged property, that is the window of O'Sullivan's Bar.
Sgt Mark Mahon accepted that there was “no justification for the non-execution” of the 18 year old warrant. Striking the matter out Judge Cronin said there was too much of delay to deal with a charge that was issued so long ago.