{"id":470017,"date":"2026-05-27T19:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/470017\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:19:10","slug":"donegal-man-charged-with-defecating-in-garda-station-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/470017\/","title":{"rendered":"Donegal man charged with defecating in Garda station cell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Donegal man who has appeared in court over a serious assault has also been charged with defecating in the cell of a Garda station.<\/p>\n<p>Leo Marley, a 35-year-old, of no fixed abode, was before Letterkenny District Court via video link from Castlerea Prison.<\/p>\n<p>Marley is charged with assaulting a man and causing him harm at Ard McCool, Stranorlar. The charge is contrary to section 3 (1) and 3(2) of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 (as amended by Section 20 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023).<\/p>\n<p>Marley also is charged with an offence at Letterkenny Garda Station on April 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He is charged that he did without lawful excuse damage property, a cell, with faeces, requiring professional deep cleaning to the cost of \u20ac250.00. The charge is contrary to Section 2(1) Criminal Damage Act, 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Jim Collins said the matter required directions from the DPP.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard that Marley was granted bail by the High Court, but he has been unable to take it up yet.<\/p>\n<p>An address given to Gardai has been deemed not suitable.  Marley asked if emergency accommodation, which he would seek from Donegal County Council, would be suitable for a bail address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/motorsport\/gweedore-mans-racing-team-gears-up-for-biggest-tt-campaign-yet-635589\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Gweedore man\u2019s racing team gears up for biggest TT campaign yet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gweedore-man-rsquo-s-racing-team-gears-up-for-biggest-tt-campaign-yet.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Gweedore man\u2019s racing team gears up for biggest TT campaign yet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/education\/three-donegal-schools-join-forces-for-podcast-project-635653\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Three Donegal schools join forces for podcast project\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/three-donegal-schools-join-forces-for-podcast-project.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Three Donegal schools join forces for podcast project\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The address is to be clarified by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>A medical report is awaited from a Dublin hospital in relation to an injured party, the court was told. <\/p>\n<p>Marley\u2019s solicitor, Mr Patsy Gallagher, said it was his belief that \u201cjurisdiction should not be a major difficulty\u201d and added that his client has been in custody for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was adjourned until June 8 for directions from the DPP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Donegal man who has appeared in court over a serious assault has also been charged with defecating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-470017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}