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06 Sept 2025

Derry man charged with arson in which three dogs died bail hearing adjourned

Conor Lishman (36) of Eastway Gardens in Derry is charged with the three charges of criminal damage to the dogs which died in a fire on June 16

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Derry Magistrate's Court

A man charged in connection with the deaths of three dogs in a fire at a terraced house in Derry has had his bail application adjourned at the local Magistrate's Court today.

Conor Lishman (36) of Eastway Gardens in Derry is charged with the three charges of criminal damage to the dogs which died in a fire on June 16.

He was also charged with arson of a house at Meadowview Crescent in Derry on the same date.

Lishman was further charged assault on three police officers and entering a house in Osborne Street as a trespasser again on the same date.

At today's hearing a defence barrister Grainne McAnaney said that the bail application had been put in for the wrong date. 


She said that the case was a complex one but she was aware that the court did not hear contested bail applications on a Thursday.

District Judge Barney McElholm said that it was simply the case that the court had too many cases to deal with on a Thursday to have time to hear contested bail applications.

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The case was adjourned until October 28 for the bail application to go ahead.

Lishman is currently in custody. 

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