Garda charged with assault & burglary

Also facing raps for harassment & criminal damage

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A SERVING garda is to stand trial on charges of burglary, harassment, criminal damage, assault and sending grossly offensive messages.

Alan O'Mahony, who is stationed at Letterkenny Garda Station in Co Donegal, is to stand trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court.

The case was mentioned at Letterkenny District Court before Judge Ciaran Liddy.

State solicitor for Donegal, Kieran Dillon, told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions had consented for the accused to go forward to the Circuit Court on all matters.

Mr O'Mahony, with an address at Commons Road in Cork, was not present in court and is currently off on sick leave.