Son wants charges dropped as mum died

A young man accused of kicking in his mother’s front door and assault causing harm to her at Christmas argued through his solicitor yesterday that the charges should be struck out because she had died on Monday night.

Joseph Cuddigan, solicitor, said in the case against Christopher Ruby that his mother, Rosamond Ruby, fell at home sustaining a fatal injury and died in hospital on Monday night. Mr Cuddigan argued that in the circumstances the two charges of assault and criminal damage should be struck out.