Trial of man alleged to have intimidated woman into getting married to stranger collapses

The trial of a man alleged to have intimidated a woman into getting married to a stranger has collapsed on its opening day.

Yasir Ali (31) of Lighthouse Apartments, East Wall, Dublin, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to coercion in apartments in Ballinrobe and Hollymount, both in Co. Mayo, on a date between January 1, 2015, and July 7, 2015.