Evidence in the case against Marlstone Investments, of which Lar Corbett is a director, was heard last week at Thurles District Court.
Marlstone Investments Ltd is charged with failing to pay tax on alcohol found by Customs and Excise officers in January 2015 at Coppinger's bar in Thurles.
The court heard last week that a sample from one of 23 bottles of spirits taken from the pub on January 29, of 2015 was found to be neither vodka nor the Smirnoff vodka it purported to be, and that its Smirnoff labelling was found to be “fake”.
At Thurles District Court yesterday, defence barrister Padraic de Burca said there was “no evidence” that there was counterfeit alcohol in the two bottles that were tested, that the evidence was that one bottle had fake labelling and the other bottle had liquid which was not vodka.
Judge Elizabeth McGrath said Mr De Burca had raised a “relevant issue” that needed to be addressed by the prosecution
She adjourned the case until October 25 to allow both sides make any further legal submissions they wanted to make, instructing them to provide any such submissions in writing to the court in advance of that date.
