A man who is living in an IPAS centre in Clondalkin appeared before Dublin District Court charged with unauthorised use of a motor vehicle contrary to Section 112 of the Road Traffic Act 1961.
Dato Sesadze (36), who was aided by a Russian interpreter, appeared before Judge Gerard Jones in relation to the incident which is alleged to have taken place on the 14th of September at Thomas Street Dublin.
Garda Emmanuel Adepoju gave evidence of the arrest, charge, and caution of the accused, who is also charged with assault contrary to Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 in respect of his female partner, the owner of the vehicle, who he is alleged to have assaulted in the course of the unauthorised use of the car.
Garda Adepoju objected to bail in respect of the accused citing the “seriousness” of the alleged offence.
He told the court that Sesadze was “caught red handed” after allegedly being seen by security at the IPAS centre returning to it driving the “stolen vehicle”.
the alleged injured party, a foreign national residing in Wicklow, was able to ID the suspect which led investigating Gardaí to the IPAS centre after details were found on the Garda PULSE database.
Garda Adepoju told the court that he was “concerned” the suspect “will interfere with witness” due to the “domestic nature of incident,” and rejected the pleas of Sesadze’s defending counsel who argued that his client was “willing to have no contact by any means” with the woman.
Adepoju said that after the accused entered the vehicle with the woman inside he “shook about the injured party” causing her “psychological harm”.
Sesadze was remanded in custody with consent to bail on his own bond of 500 to appear before the courts again next week.
A Russian interpreter was certified for the next occasion.