Originally Posted by
seanief1980
From Breaking news ...............
/04/2010 - 16:52:10
Significant developments occurred today in a case where a jury of 12 men was sworn in for the trial of a man and two women accused of organising prostitution and keeping brothels in Cork.
***************************, pleaded not guilty to 69 counts this morning but later in the afternoon she pleaded guilty to five counts of keeping brothels at 18 Grafton Street and 26 John Street on various dates in 2006 and 2007. ******** cried as she was being re-arraigned. Sentencing in her case was adjourned until May 12.
The prosecution then indicated that they were entering a nolle prosequi in the case against ******************************, Cork, who had pleaded not guilty to six similar counts.
Effectively, that means that the Director of Public Prosecutions dropped its prosecution of Healy who now stands cleared of all charges.
Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin told the 12 men of the jury, “There have been significant developments, huge developments. One defendant pleaded to a number of charges and her case is gone back for sentencing and the state has not gone ahead against another defendant. You can put them out of your mind as if they never existed.
“The case that started as a trinity is now down to one,” the judge said.
The one person who now faces trial, commencing at 2 p.m. tomorrow is ********************************, who pleaded not guilty to a total of 69 counts related to the alleged organisation of prostitution and the keeping of brothels at 26 John Street and 18 Grafton Street, Cork, on dates between January 2006 and May 2007.
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