Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused

Born

1982, from the ages reported

Offences

Driving without insurance; driving without a licence; driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver, Driving without insurance; driving without a licence; holding a mobile phone while driving; driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver; failure to display learner plates

Where

Co. Clare

Reporting

5 reports, 19 Jul 2022 to 16 Jan 2024

Outlets

irishtimes.com, clareecho.ie

Photographs

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• John Mountaine before Kilrush court over driving offences while on provisional licence Driving without insurance; driving without a licence; driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver · Co. Clare

  John Mountaine, aged 41, is accused of driving without insurance, without a licence and unaccompanied by a qualified driver at Wood Road, Kilrush, County Clare, on 18 May 2022. He was found guilty the previous July of separate driving offences, and sentencing on those was adjourned to give him time to obtain a full licence. At Kilrush District Court, reported on 16 January 2024, Judge Alec Gabbett told him it was time he got a full licence and said he would proceed to sentence him if the issue was not sorted by the next court date. The latest development is that the case returns to court on 13 February.

  In court, 16 Jan 2024Accused · 1 report
• Insurance summons withdrawn in Clare driving offences case Driving without insurance; driving without a licence; holding a mobile phone while driving; driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver; failure to display learner plates · Co. Clare

  John Mountaine, a 40-year-old man and partner of Clare TD Violet-Anne Wynne, faces seven driving offences under the Road Traffic Act allegedly committed on 21 October 2021 at Lack West, Kilmihil, west Clare. The charges include driving without a licence, driving without insurance, holding a mobile phone while driving, driving on a learner permit without a qualified driver, and failing to display L plates. The case was adjourned multiple times at Kilrush District Court, including when Mountaine was absent and his solicitor said he was homeless in County Longford. In February 2023, the no insurance summons was withdrawn after Judge Francis Comerford quashed a related conviction at Ennis Circuit Court, and the remaining cases are set for 21 March 2023.

  In court, 19 Jul 2022Accused · 4 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 16 Jan2024
   In courtirishtimes.com, in John Mountaine before Kilrush court over driving offences while on provisional licence

   Violet Anne Wynne’s partner still driving on provisional licence because of three year wait for test, court hears

   accused, John Mountaine, 41, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Mountaine♂41IE
2. 25 Feb2023
   In courtclareecho.ie, in Insurance summons withdrawn in Clare driving offences case

   Gardaí withdraw no insurance summons against partner of Clare TD - Clare Echo

   accused, John Mountaine, 40, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Mountaine♂40IE
3. 20 Sep2022
   In courtclareecho.ie, in Insurance summons withdrawn in Clare driving offences case

   Clare TD's partner to contest no insurance case as contest adjourned to January due to unavailability of Garda witness - Clare Echo

   accused, John Mountaine, 40, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Mountaine♂40IE
4. 19 Jul2022
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Insurance summons withdrawn in Clare driving offences case

   Partner of Clare TD unable to attend court as he is homeless, solicitor says

   accused, John Mountaine, 40, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Mountaine♂40IE
5. 19 Jul2022
   In courtclareecho.ie, in Insurance summons withdrawn in Clare driving offences case

   Partner of Clare TD 'no show' at Kilrush Court as he's 'homeless in Longford' - Clare Echo

   accused, John Mountaine, 40, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Mountaine♂40IE

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