A Lurgan man who was found by police to have pregabalin “in his boxers” while in custody has had further charges of common assault and domestic violence dismissed, as the alleged injured party failed to show up to court.
Scott Mayne (31) – of Princes Street – appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court to face a total of six charges, three of which related to the alleged common assault of a woman on three separate dates in September 2025.
He was also accused of possessing a Class C drug (pregabalin), resisting police and domestic abuse.
Prior to the prosecution outlining the facts of the case, District Judge Michael Ranaghan asked that the witness and alleged injured party for the assault charges and domestic abuse charge be formally called.
Once called, the witness made no appearance and Judge Ranaghan ordered that the charges relating to the witness be dismissed.
This left resisting police and possession of pregabalin on the books, both of which Mayne had entered guilty pleas to.
Outlining the facts in relation to the live charges, the prosecution explained that on September 24, 2025 police responded to a dropped 999 call at the defendant’s property.
They were let in by the alleged injured party and the defendant was found standing in the living room.
While in custody, Mayne admitted to being in possession of pregabalin. A check was carried out by police and the drug was located in his boxers.
As he was being transported out of the property, he became aggressive with police. He was taken to the ground and limb restraints needed to be applied.
The prosecution requested that a destruction order be made for the drugs.
Requesting a suspended sentence be imposed for his client, Mayne’s defence counsel, Mr Halloran said: “He did spend some time in custody and you can see from his criminal record that the other matters that he was in custody for he was given suspended custody that are still running along.”
To Mayne, Judge Ranaghan replied: “Your record is a poor one. Despite the time served, the custody threshold would have been open in this case anyway. I can’t fully take account of that time served given the nature of the charges before the court in relation to the sentence because I have to apply some credit for the early plea.”
For the charge of resisting police, Judge Ranaghan imposed a three month suspended sentence followed by two months for the possession of pregabalin.
Both sentences were suspended for a period of 12 months to run concurrent to one another.
A destruction order was also made for the pregabalin.
