A FISHERMAN IS to stand trial for allegedly stabbing two colleagues on a boat off the coast of Donegal.
Aodhan Kilfeather is to appear before the next sitting of Letterkenny Circuit Court.
The case came before Letterkenny District Court.
The 25-year-old accused man, with an address at Cartron Bay, Sligo, faces two charges.
He is charged that on a date unknown between 2 and 3 May, 2025, at an unknown location in Co Donegal, did while committing an offence stabbed a person in the neck with a knife in the course of a dispute produce in a manner likely unlawfully to intimidate another person an article capable of inflicting serious injury, to wit, a serrated edged four inch knife.
He is also charged that on 2 May, 2025, also at an unknown location in Co Donegal, did while committing an offence, to wit, stabbed a person on the right hand side of the face with a knife in the course of a dispute produce in a manner likely unlawfully to intimidate another person an article capable of inflicting serious injury, to wit, a butter knife.
Garda Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions had directed trial by indictment in the circuit court.
Sergeant Collins told the court that a further charge is to be preferred against the accused.
He added that there was consent for the accused to go forward for trial on a signed plea.
Patsy Gallagher, the accused’s solicitor, asked that if the State is making an application to amend the charge they may put him on notice as to what the charge is in relation to the location.
He remarked that it may be an issue in relation to international waters.
The case was adjourned to 27 April next, with Gallagher asking for disclosure by 31 March.
