Cork mother hopes son will go into rehabilitation after withdrawing domestic complaint against him
A woman who complained last week to gardaí about her 30-year-old son putting her in fear by getting intoxicated and ordering her to get out of her own house has gone back to the gardaí to withdraw her complaints.
Sergeant Ailsing Murphy confirmed that the complainant had gone back to An Garda Síochána and made a follow-up statement withdrawing her initial complaint.
Judge Mary Dorgan agreed to release the young man from custody – where he has been for the past week. The defendant's mother said the family agreed that what he needed more than anything was to get into rehabilitation. They are hopeful he will do so very soon.
It was alleged that, as well as breaching a Domestic Violence Order, he also grabbed her handbag and stole her purse. Now the charges of breaching the order and theft have been withdrawn.
There remains against him a shoplifting charge and a public order offence of being intoxicated to such an extent that he was a danger to himself or others.
Garda David O'Driscoll testified in an objection to bail last week at an in-camera hearing of Cork District Court where the parties cannot be identified.
On that occasion he said: 'It is alleged she was sitting in the living room. He had been asleep and he came down, intoxicated, under the influence of drugs. He began hitting the walls in the room and turned over the coffee table. He was shouting at his mother to f*** off and get out.
'As she was leaving, he pulled her handbag and stole a black purse from her handbag with about €20.'
Eddie Burke, solicitor, said the defendant was intent on getting into rehabilitation.
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