Lawyer ‘astonished’ as case tried at Circuit level

A leading criminal lawyer has expressed ‘astonishment’ that the full might of the judicial system costing thousands of euro was thrown at a man accused of robbing a mobile phone and €10 in cash at knifepoint.

A judge sat at Limerick Circuit Court, where a jury of seven women and five men were sworn in yesterday morning to try the charges brought against Ger Hannon McCarthy, aged 20, of Park View, Hassetts Cross, Killeely, Limerick.

He denied the charges.