Sailor told to stay off water before next court appearance on trespass charge

A man who failed to appear in a Dublin district court for alleged trespass was later reported as possibly being lost at sea, and spent three weeks on the water before being escorted ashore.

Jason Vas Diaz, of Ballylynch, Baltimore, in West Cork, had been due to appear before Dublin District Court on April 26 last in relation to alleged trespass at Poolbeg Yacht Club earlier that month.