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Judge tells man: ‘You might think police are picking on you, I very much doubt it’

A defence lawyer said the defendant "regrettably" had has "plenty of dealings with the local police officers".

Police at night time interceptor

A judge told a Portadown man: "You might think police are picking on you, I very much doubt it". District Judge Michael Ranaghan was speaking at Craigavon Magistrates' Court to Niall Withers (32), of The Spires Portadown, who was sentenced for being disorderly in Lurgan on May 8 this year. The court was told police were alerted to a "suspicious" vehicle and found the defendant sleeping in the driv...

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