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Bench warrant issued for woman who stabbed Tinder 'date' at Limerick apartment complex

David Hurley, 24 May

A BENCH warrant has been issued for the arrest of a woman who has

admitted stabbing a man she allegedly met on the dating app Tinder.

Inita Romanovska, aged 36, who has an address at Cahercalla, Kilrush

Road, Ennis, County Clare, pleaded guilty, in February, to a charge of

intentionally attempting to cause serious harm to Stephen O'Flaherty

during an incident at an apartment complex at Henry Street, Limerick on

March 11, 2020.

Ms Romanovska, who was initially charged with attempted murder, was

previously told she would not stand trial at the Central Criminal Court

for over two years due to the backlog of court cases that had arisen

during the pandemic.

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The defendant, who is originally from Latvia, has been on bail since

she pleaded guilty three months ago, ahead of a sentencing hearing

which was due to take place this Wednesday.

However, when the case was called, her lawyer Michael Bowman SC told

the Central Criminal Court she had not arrived and was not contactable

by phone.

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon issued a bench warrant and postponed the

sentencing hearing.

At a district court hearing in Limerick, where Ms Romanovska was

originally charged, the court heard that she met the injured party on

Tinder and while they had been on a number of dates, they were not in a

relationship.