Two members of the boy band Five have been before Dublin District Court in connection with an incident in a Dublin bar last month. Twenty-three-year-old Jason Brown and 21-year-old Ritchie Dobson are charged with being drunk and disorderly and with breaching the peace. Mr Brown is also charged with assault.
In a brief hearing, Peter Charlton, SC, who is representing the two men, asked that a trial date be set in respect of Mr Brown's assault charge. He said that no evidence would be needed in relation to the charges against Richard Dobson, but he asked that both men be dealt with together. Judge Miriam Malone remanded the two on continuing bail, to appear again at Dublin District Court on 26 March.
The two were driven into the court in a large people-carrier car with blacked out windows. As Ritchie Dobson walked into Court 46, he was stopped by a young fan who took his photograph. The two were arrested last month, following a scuffle in the Palace Bar on Fleet Street, in which a man was assaulted.
