Two Nenagh women further remanded in custody in connection with alleged assault

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Two women charged with assault causing harm in Nenagh appeared by video link from Limerick Prison before Nenagh District Court.

They were remanded in continuing custody by Judge Philip O’ Leary.

Roletta Harty of 2 Drom Slinne, Portroe, is charged with the alleged offence at Bulfin Crescent, Nenagh, on December 10 2023.

Rebecca Harty, 59 Summerhill, Nenagh, is charged with the same offence on the date.

Rebecca Harty is also charged with criminal damage to the windscreen of a vehicle at Bulfin Crescent and with possession on November 3, 2023 a knife at Hamilton Drive, Nenagh.

The two women were originally remanded in custody last month by Judge Elizabeth MacGrath after they appeared in court in Nenagh relation to the alleged offences.

At last Friday’s court Sgt Regina McCarthy of Nenagh Garda Station told Judge Philip O’Leary that the State was awaiting directions from the Director of Prosecutions in relation to the case, which she said included “a complex investigation file”.

Solicitor Johnny Spencer said he was standing in for Rebecca Harty’s solicitor Elizabeth McKeever, while solicitor David Peters said he was acting for Roletta Harty.

The court was told that both defendants had already made an application to the High Court for bail. However, their cases were not reached and they would be again making a similar application to that court this Thursday, January 11.

Judge O’ Leary remanded both defendants, with consent, in custody to Friday, January 19, pending instructions from the DPP and on the understanding that the two women would in the meantime be making a renewed application for bail to the High Court.