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Ciaran Mather, 7 Jul
A County Kildare juvenile's court case was struck out due to a lack of
correspondence from the prosecuting garda.
The decision was made by Judge Desmond Zaidan at Naas District Court on
Thursday, July 4 last.
The juvenile in question appeared before the judge during an in-camera
(in private) court session, and was accompanied by one of his
grandparents.
The exact nature of the juvenile's offence was not disclosed during
this court session.
Defending barrister Donncha Craddock told Judge Zaidan that the case
had previously been marked peremptory; this means that if the State is
not ready on the next date, the judge will strike the matter out.
Garda Sergeant David Hanrahan noted that there had been no
correspondence from the investigating garda in relation to the
juvenile's case.
Upon hearing these facts, Judge Zaidan imposed a strike-out without
prejudice.
Mr Craddock also told the judge that gardaà had taken some 'personal
items' from the grandfather's home as part of the investigation, and
added that since that the matter against his grandchild was now struck
out, he wanted his items returned to him.
Judge Zaidan told gardaà to return these items to the man's home.
The grandfather thanked the judge for his decision.