Judge gives gardaí more time in Stokes threat case

A JUDGE has given gardaí more time to get directions from the Department of Public Prosecution in the case of a Dublin publican accused of threatening another to stop trading.

John Stokes, aged 54, who runs the Players Lounge pub in Fairview and is the father of Celtic striker Anthony Stokes, made his second court appearance yesterday.

Stokes, along with co-defendants Alan Ryan, aged 30, of Donaghmede; Daryl Mulcahy, aged 20, of Matt Talbot Court; and Derek Nolan, aged 29, of Baldoyle, were charged last month under section 17 of the Public Order Act for making a demand with menaces in March to Shane Simpson, former leaseholder of the Castle public house, in Summerhill, Dublin.