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08/08/2007
Nine Prisoners Charged Over Mobile Phone Possession
Nine men have appeared before Clover Hill District Court charged with having a mobile phone in prison.
The men are the first people to be charged with the offence. The ordinary penalty for possessing a mobile phone in prison is up to a year in jail or a maximum 5,000 euro fine.
The men charged were Gerard Clarke of Kilcarrig Grenn, Tallaght and Gerard Cully of Casement Grove, Finglas, both 21 years old; Sean Ward of Balcurris Road, Ballymun and Nevan Stokes of Palmers Close, Palmerstown, who are both 22; 25-year-olds Connor Murphy, Edgeworth Lawn, Dublin and Anthony Ward of address unknown; Andrius Ogorodnikas, Hunters Run, Clonee aged 27; 30-year-old Jonathan Burke of Ashlawn Court in Bray and 35-year-old John Harvey of Old Court Park, Bray.
They were charged with unlawfully possessing the phones under the new Prisons Act 2007 and all nine cases were remanded for a week.
(SB)
The men are the first people to be charged with the offence. The ordinary penalty for possessing a mobile phone in prison is up to a year in jail or a maximum 5,000 euro fine.
The men charged were Gerard Clarke of Kilcarrig Grenn, Tallaght and Gerard Cully of Casement Grove, Finglas, both 21 years old; Sean Ward of Balcurris Road, Ballymun and Nevan Stokes of Palmers Close, Palmerstown, who are both 22; 25-year-olds Connor Murphy, Edgeworth Lawn, Dublin and Anthony Ward of address unknown; Andrius Ogorodnikas, Hunters Run, Clonee aged 27; 30-year-old Jonathan Burke of Ashlawn Court in Bray and 35-year-old John Harvey of Old Court Park, Bray.
They were charged with unlawfully possessing the phones under the new Prisons Act 2007 and all nine cases were remanded for a week.
(SB)
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