PLEASE HELP FOR BABY BELLE SAKE Woman loses op action
Gardai ask tragic infant’s mum to come forward
A MAN charged with the murder of Keane Mulready Woods has been handed a fourmonth prison term after admitting to twice possessing a mobile phone behind bars.
Paul Crosby (25) – who is currently serving three years behind bars for the arson of a stolen car – was due to face a district court trial on the mobile phone charges after he previously entered not guilty pleas.
Ten witnesses for the State were due to give evidence in court. Upon conviction, the maximum penalty for possessing a mobile phone in prison is 12 months.
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However, yesterday at Dublin District Court when the case was mentioned to fix a hearing date, Crosby, of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, Co Louth entered guilty pleas for possessing a mobile phone in Mountjoy Prison on January 4 and June 5.
Separately, Crosby is facing trial in the non jury three-judge Special Criminal Court charged with the murder of Mulready Woods (17) in Co Louth. That trial is due to begin next April.
THE High Court has dismissed an action by a woman against Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital over hysterectomy surgery she underwent seven years ago.
Mother- of-three, Margaret O’Dea (55), of Doctor Mannix Road, Salthill, Galway, sued the hospital for negligence over her surgery in October 2013. The hospital denied the claims.
Dismissing the case yesterday, Mr Justice Michael Hanna found there was no objective evidence to indicate the presence or otherwise of injury indicative of intraoperative insult to her bladder.
A PHOTOGRAPHER was counting his lucky stars when he got these amazing pictures of a humpback whale bubble feeding on sprat off the coast of West Cork yesterday.
The giant of the deep hooked up with five huge fin whales to feed before he breached and then dived to show off his massive tail flukes, which are used to identify individual whales by marine biologists.
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GARDAI are still trying to trace the mother of a Christmas baby found dead on a beach.
They still have no idea who gave birth to baby Belle, almost three years ago in December, 2019.
The infant was still -born and covered in sand on a strand outside Balbriggan, north county Dublin.
The girl had been there a couple of days when she was found by a dog out walking with its owner.
Gardai have a full DNA profile of the child after a post mortem but have little else to go on.
A Garda source said: “We are also joined the feeding frenzy on the same day a minke whale was spotted right inside Cork harbour, making it a big day of deep sea discoveries for the marine life hotspot. three years following this case and no nearer finding the mother.
“We would appeal for her to come forward and reassure her she did nothing wrong.
Match
“It would be nice to know who Belle really was, what was the circumstances of her birth , and how and why did she end up dying in the beach.
“The only way we could find the mum at this stage is if she commits a crime and her DNA is put into our system.
“Then her match would come up”. The baby was christened Belle by Gardai at the local Garda station, because the beach was known locally as Bell’s beach.
It is understood she has been buried but her remains can be exhumed at any time.
Officers have not given up hope the baby’s mother will eventually come forward.
The Garda source added: “I am sure the mum must lie in bed wondering at night where she is buried.
“It must be very hard on her. The whole story is very sad. Our investigation is very much ‘open’ and we would welcome any new leads.”