He said: "I wasn't paying attention to the clock." He was convicted of careless driving and had his license revoked. 

He has now also been charged with assaulting a male on the same date, at the same location

The girl froze in shock and fear and was unable to cry out for help. He led her into the sitting room where he orally raped her

The man raped the teenager in the back of his car

Both men were remanded in custody to August 25

In February of this year, he was charged with having a claw hammer in his possession at John’s Lane in Waterford city

Last week, Judge John Cheatle asked that a psychiatric report be obtained “urgently” in order to determine the man’s fitness to plead

Two days later, he smashed the windows of two cars parked at Patrick Street and at Mayor's Walk. The total damages amounted to over €1,400.

The woman has 44 previous convictions, 29 of which fall under the Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act

She claimed that he made a threat that he was going to kill her, pushed her onto a bed and grabbed her neck

The accused will appear before the court again by video-link on Tuesday

He committed his latest offences whilst serving two suspended sentences

He saw keys in the ignition of a white Golf car and opportunistically took the vehicle and drove off.

Case was struck out after payment made to court poor box

His solicitor said the defendant didn't turn up in court because he was “terrified he was going to be sent to prison”

The judge said it was a 'bit more serious than a missed direct debit'

Judge Eugene O’Kelly said the man displayed an “absence of any real remorse”

"It might send a better message out to young people if some of them were sent to prison"

"My son does not want to stay here anymore. I feel like I cannot protect my son anymore"

It is understood that Montean has a history of offending going back to 2006

“It is a shock that this young person had already been caught driving with no insurance”

The defendant is accused of issuing 14 refunds over five months, totaling €1,828 from the shop where he worked

The solicitor for the defendant told the court, it was 'hard to know what to make of it”

Judge Cheatle said it was a very serious matter

The defendant was also ordered to pay €500 to a second injured party who's windscreen was broken when the man headbutted it

He previously told his probation officer he had given up cocaine but continued to smoke cannabis

Judge John Cheatle warned the woman that if she appeared again, she may face a prison sentence

The victim said that O'Brien came into her house unbidden and punched her multiple times.

The man was sentenced to five years and three months, with the final 15 months suspended

The theft were committed at prominent retail outlets in the city and with unpaid taxi fares

The man stole thousands of euro from his girlfriend 

Two men called to a residence on the Dunmore Road and threatened a woman's family over an alleged €10,000 drug related debt

He was caught driving 133km/h in an 80km/h speed zone

The man works in a "well known" premises in the city 

The judge reaffirmed the sentence but suspended it for 12 months

Judge O'Kelly expressed concern over the 'shockingly young age' of the infant used to conceal the drugs. 

The matter will now go into next week, and the DPP will decide whether a retrial will take place with a new jury

The mother-of-seven was accused of stealing from a number of businesses in Waterford

The assaults allegedly occurred in the Applemarket, The Kazbar and Thomas Street area

Witnesses spoke of seeing Meredith pulling the woman by her hair and kicking her while she lay on the ground.

The 23-year-old man assaulted the 61-year-old woman at Meeting House Lane behind Garter Lane Arts Centre

Judge John Cheatle said the man's previous convictions for possession with the intention to sell or supply 'should have been a wake up call'

Thirty-five year old David Norris was sent forward for trial to the current sitting of the Central Criminal Court