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Assault Case Against MP Jim Shannon Ongoing for Three Years, Court Hears
Prosecutors have asked police for more material as the defence pursues an abuse of process application in the three-year-old case.
- On Tuesday, the assault case against DUP MP Jim Shannon returned to Newtownards Magistrates Court for a brief hearing after being ongoing for three years, a court heard.
- Prosecutors requested three additional weeks to receive "some further materials from police," while the defence lodged an abuse of process application regarding the alleged assault from October 1, 2023.
- In a separate matter at Dungannon Magistrates Court, Pearse Jordan Kelly faces charges of strangling and assaulting a woman in Enniskillen, with police disclosing his history under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme.
- District Judge Francis Rafferty granted Kelly bail at £250 with a surety of £250, ordering him to avoid Enniskillen and refrain from alcohol after hearing the complainant was in "significant distress."
- Police cited risk of reoffending and witness interference, and the case will return to Enniskillen Magistrates Court on September 28 for further proceedings.
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