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Mike Gordon
ENNIS CIRCUIT COURT YESTERDAY
A MAN fled naked across a seaside resort to his granny’s house after being found in bed with another man’s fiancee.
James Bracken, 29, was hit across the head by 37-year-old Noel Mcgreene with a bottle of Baileys.
The accused found the injured party naked in his own bed with his then fiancee in a property in Kilkee, Co Clare, on February 12, 2017.
Mcgreene has pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm.
At Ennis Circuit Court his lawyer Brian Mcinerney said his client “found himself unexpectedly confronted with circumstances that no red blooded man would wish to be confronted with”.
He added: “Mr Mcgreene accepts he over-reacted because he pleads guilty to a crime. He picked up the Bailey’s bottle and he ejected Mr
Bracken from the premises in fairly short order.”
In evidence,
Det Garda Paul
Heaslip stated Mcgreene returned to his home at 4am where he found
Mr Bracken fully naked in his bed with his fiancee who also lived at the address.
Det Heaslip said: “Mr Mcgreene chased Mr Bracken out the front door where Mr Bracken ran out of [the property at] Cluain Na Mara, Kilkee, wearing no clothes and ran across Kilkee to the home of his grandmother.”
He added Mr Bracken went to the A&E unit at University Hospital Limerick later that day where a medical report showed he had sustained a 6cm wound to the back of his scalp. He also suffered bruising around his right eye and had a small wound to the left frontal region of his head.
Det Heaslip stated the woman declined to provide a statement.
Det Heaslip agreed with Mr Mcinerney that Mcgreene is a decent man and doesn’t have any history of violence.
The garda stated neighbours had noticed a commotion with reported loud noises and shouting while Mr Bracken was being assaulted.
Mr Mcinerney added: “Mr Bracken knew Mr Mcgreene over a long period of time and knew the lady in question. Mr Bracken formed a view that they weren’t in a relationship at that point in time.”
On the night, Mr Mcinerney stated Mr Bracken “was out socialising with the lady for a considerable period of time including taking a leisurely spin around the sights of
Kilkee”.
ALCOHOL
He said: “They returned to Mr Mcgreene’s home and sojourned after a period of time of engaging in social tipling of alcohol and they retired to the bedroom.
“Mr Mcgreene’s bedroom. The two were drinking Baileys and they brought the bottle of Baileys to the bedroom.
“Mr Mcgreene returned to his bedroom unannounced and found this strange naked gentleman in his bed.” Mcgreene has also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of possession of €3,230 worth of cannabis for the purposes of selling at Skenhanagh, Clarecastle on November 24, 2017. Judge Gerard Keys adjourned sentencing in the two cases to tomorrow.
Mr Mcgreene accepts he over-reacted because he pleads guilty to a crime
BRIAN MCINERNEY