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A man who attacked and kicked a 52-year-old woman outside his Miltown Malbay home was fined, ordered to pay medical costs and was bound over to keep the peace for one year after he appeared in the lo- cal court last Wednesday.
Father and son Matt Keating Snr and Matt Keating Jnr, both faced one charge each of as- saulting Patricia Clancy outside their home at 16 Ballard Road, Miltown Malbay on September 26, 2004. Patricia Clancy, who lives at 35 Ballard Road, also faced one charge of assaulting Matt Keating Snr on the same CF Ken
Miltown Malbay District Court was told that the assault occurred after Mrs Clancy, a first cousin of Mr Keating Snr, drove him to his home after an evening’s socialising. Mrs Clancy said Mr Keating Snr “ran at me and kicked me and kicked me.”
She said that Matt Keating Jnr came to the door in his boxer shorts and pulled the two of
them apart, but assaulted her.
Matt Keating Snr claimed he had been offered a lift by Mrs Clancy but that he made his own way home that night. He claimed that when he arrived at his home, Mrs Clancy was al- USrKO MANN Slo) KOR
He said, as he accompanied Mrs Clancy to the gate of the house, “she struck me with her fist.”
Solicitor for Mrs Clancy, Gearoid Williams, showed pho- tographs of injuries sustained by his client to the accused. “I don’t know how it happened, I didn’t do it,’ he said.
The court also heard a tran- script of a heated telephone call to Mr Keating’s home after the incident.
Matt Keating Snr was convict- ed of assaulting Mrs Clancy and was fined €1,500 and ordered to pay €300 medical costs. The case against Matt Keating Jnr was dismissed.
Judge Mangan further or- dered that professional reports relating to alcohol be prepared in the cases of Mr Keating Snr and Mrs Clancy.