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McCartan
charged with Assault - 14/12/03
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All-Ireland winner James McCartan is to stand trial early
next year in connection with an alleged assault on a Westmeath
senior player. The alleged incident is alleged to have occurred
during a challenge game last May.
During the course of the game Westmeath
full-back Kenny Larkin was taken off with a fractured jaw.
The former Down star and present manager
of Queen's Universities Sigerson team has been charged under
the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, that
he carried out an assault causing harm to Kenneth Larkin.
The proceedings will take place in Dublin's
Richmond Hospital complex on March 3rd next in what is sure
to be a high-profile case. If found guilty, he faces the
prospect of imprisonment for a term of up to 12 months or
a fine of up to 1,500 euros, or both.
McCartan's Queen's University side were
drawn last week to meet Athlone IT in the first round of
the 2004 Sigerson Cup. McCartan has confirmed that he will
be traveling to Athlone to manage the Queen's side in January
against the Westmeath College.
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