Sergeant Trish O’Sullivan told Bantry District Court six student nurses had just moved into the Barry’s B&B at Harbour View, Bantry, in late November 2025. The court heard Stawen walked into the living room where the student nurses were sitting and claimed he was staying upstairs. The court was told Stawen had paranoid schizophrenia and a “long and difficult history since childhood”. The court heard Stawen’s current bail conditions did not require him to sign on at a Garda station. His bail conditions were varied to require he signs on at Anglesea Street Garda Station in Cork on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Source: Irish Examiner December 21, 2025 06:17 UTC