Search

24 Oct 2025

Ballinalee woman charged with assault told to return to court in new year

Longford Courthouse.

A woman charged with assault causing harm has had her case adjourned to February, 2021, for DPP directions.

A woman charged with assault causing harm has had her case adjourned to February, 2021, for DPP directions.

Rachel Robertson, Moatefarrell, Ballinalee, Co Longford, appeared at last week’s sitting of Longford District Court.

“Previously, the victim indicated that she wanted to withdraw the complaint but while in the witness box, she indicated under oath that she was in fear because she was going into the Dóchas centre and afraid to meet (the accused) in there,” said Sgt Paddy McGirl, adding that gardaí were concerned.

The case has been adjourned to February 2, 2021, for DPP directions.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.