A man has admitted his part in a stabbing that left a man in Ballybofey with possible life-changing injuries.
Tristan McAteer has tendered a signed plea of guilty over the incident on October 16, 2024 in Ballybofey.
The 26-year-old, of no fixed abode, has been charged with assault causing harm and with theft.
Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has consented to McAteer being sent forward on a signed plea to the next sitting of Letterkenny Circuit Court.
Solicitor Mr Frank Dorrian advised the court that McAteer was taking the option of a signed plea. McAteer confirmed his signature to Judge Éiteáin Cunningham when he was brought from prison to Letterkenny District Court.
Judge Cunningham made an order returning McAteer to the Circuit Court on a signed guilty plea.
The alibi warning was given to McAteer.
Mr Dorrian told the court that bail has been voluntarily revoked by his client.
Legal aid was granted to Mr Dorrian and one legal counsel was assigned in the matter.
A previous sitting of the court heard that a man has “very possibly” been left with life-changing injuries following the incident at a property on Navenny Street at around 9pm on October 16.
McAteer was charged that he assaulted one Stephen Doherty causing him harm. The charge is Contrary to Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997.
The accused was also charged that on the same date and at the same location he did steal property – a 50 inch television, a Playstation 4 console and controller and a portable speaker – which was the property of Stephen Doherty.
The charge is Contrary to Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001.
A co-accused in the case, Nadia Blake, a 25-year-old of Booragh, Ramelton, was granted bail in October when she was brought before a special sitting of the court charged with the same offences in relation to the same incident.
Blake was granted bail on condition that she reside at her home address, that she stay out of Ballybofey and Stranorlar, sign on three times a week at Letterkenny Garda Station and have no contact with Mr Doherty.
Solicitor for Blake, Mr Rory O’Brien, told Letterkenny District Court this week that his client is currently in hospital and her case was adjourned to May 12 for the service of a book of evidence.
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