A 52-year-old woman was charged with tasering a Bank of Ireland official this week after the lender took possession of her home in Leopardstown, south Dublin.
Lisa Temple, of Sir Ivor Mall in The Chase, Brewery Road in Dublin 18 is accused of firing the taser at the bank official after staff from the Dublin County Sheriff's office took possession of her home on Wednesday morning .
The sheriff was acting on an order for possession granted to the bank in 2018. Bank personnel were in attendance to accept vacant possession of the property from the sheriff. The incident allegedly occurred on the street outside the repossessed property as documents were being exchanged.
Ms Temple was brought to Blackrock Garda station after her arrest.
She appeared before Judge Ann Watkin in Dún Laoghaire District Court on Thursday charged under section 11 of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990. The circumstances around her arrest were outlined to the court by Garda Niamh Kennedy for the prosecution side.
Ms Temple was charged with committing the offence of discharging a taser in the direction of a member of the public in the course of a dispute and producing a weapon likely to intimidate a person unlawfully and using a device to electrically stun and incapacitate a person.
If summarily convicted, she faces a fine not exceeding €1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 12 months. If convicted on indictment, she faces a fine or imprisoned for up to five years.
She was released on bail with a remand date set for June 2nd on the condition that she stays away from all Bank of Ireland branches and staff, and resides at an address notified to gardaí.
She was also required to sign on daily at a named Garda station and provide a mobile phone number to gardaí and be available at all times and advise of any change in her number.
