Cork court orders €425k bond for release of supertrawler in fishing offences case

Judge Dorgan released the master of the German-registered vessel, Willem Van Der Boon, on his own bond of €10,000 with no cash lodgement required

The German registered supertrawler 'Helen Mary' is currently tied up at Tivoli Docks, Cork, after being detained by the European Fisheries Control Agency patrol boat. Picture: Dan Linehan

A €425,000 court lodgement was required to secure the release of a German-registered factory supertrawler that was tied up at Tivoli docks in Cork this week as a book of evidence was served on the master of the vessel.

Garda Dermot Broughton formally arrested and charged 44-year-old Willem Van Der Boon, the Dutch master of the German-registered “Helen Mary” with seven counts on Thursday.