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McCaughey acquitted of assault
DUNDALK Property Developer Martin McCaughey been acquitted of assault following a two day trial that ended on Wednesday evening.
The 48-year-old, with an address at Mount Avenue in Dundalk, Co Louth, had denied the charge of assault causing harm to Daniel McCormack on 27 June 2008 at Clann Chullain Park.
Earlier, Judge Gerry Griffin instructed the jury at Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court to return a verdict of not guilty on a charge of reckless endangerment against Mr McCaughey.
Mr McCaughey had told gardaí that he had “squashed” Mr McCormack, who had robbed his home, up against a wall, Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court had been told earlier.
The court was told that Mr McCormack, who has a number of previous convictions, admitted stealing from Mr McCaughey’s home on the morning of the incident.
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Noeld
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 06:38 AMI agree with hellothere, Mr Mc Caughey needs to freeze the remainder of the award that has not been spent on drugs. He then needs to claim back compensation for his wife and children for post traumatic syndrome. Now that he has been found "NOT GUILTY" I believe that he may be entitled to some compensation himself. And Fair play Martin, you just did what all decent people would do!
hellothere
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 07:19 PMThis man deserved to get off with this now I hope he gets his solicitor to get a freeze on that payment so he can not spend it and then himself and everyone that was in the house that night sues him for breaking into his house.They can say they are having sleepless nights and they are afraid in the house and I am sure any judge would only be delighted to offer them a large amount of money .By doing this he is also giving two fingers up to the insurance company for paying out as he and his family will be getting their hands on a lot of that money. If Martin is reading this please please please sue him for breaking into your property he was found guilty already so he can't deny it
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