Woman throws boiling oil over garda

A YOUNG garda received severe burns after having boiling oil thrown at him by a 29-year-old woman at the scene of a domestic disturbance at a flat on James’s Street, Dublin.

The incident occurred just before 11am yesterday when gardaí from Kilmainham Garda Station were called to the scene at Mary Aikenhead House. Upon arrival, the garda, and another man at the flat had boiling oil thrown at them.

It is understood the garda, in his 20s, took the brunt of the attack and received burns to his face, neck and shoulder.