Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Threatening to kill or cause serious harm

Where

Co. Longford

Reporting

2 reports, 17 Feb 2022 to 23 Feb 2022

Outlets

longfordleader.ie

• Longford man acquitted of threatening to kill two fishermen Threatening to kill or cause serious harm · Co. Longford

  Thomas McDermott, a man from Killashee, Co Longford, was charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to two fishermen on the Royal Canal near Killashee on 25 September 2019 and on a date in early 2019. The alleged victims were Geoffrey Cooper and Martin Blacow, who was visiting from the UK, on the first date, and Anthony Nicholson, a British man, on the second. McDermott was arrested on 20 December 2019, arraigned on 14 February 2022, and his three-day trial began on 15 February 2022 before Judge Francis Comerford at Longford Circuit Court. On 18 February 2022, a unanimous jury of ten acquitted him after deliberating for less than an hour.

  Acquitted, 18 Feb 2022Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 23 Feb2022
   Acquittedlongfordleader.ie, in Longford man acquitted of threatening to kill two fishermen

   Longford man acquitted of threats to kill two fishermen

   victim, Geoffrey Cooper, male, non-irish (judged from name)Geoffrey Cooper♂
2. 17 Feb2022
   In courtlongfordleader.ie, in Longford man acquitted of threatening to kill two fishermen

   Trial begins for Longford man charged with threatening to kill two men fishing on the canal

   victim, Geoffrey Cooper, male, non-irish (judged from name)Geoffrey Cooper♂

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