Woman jailed for attacking Mercy Hospital staff

A WOMAN who attacked security staff and gardaí at the emergency department of a Cork hospital and shouted that she hoped patients would die was yesterday jailed for six weeks at Cork District Court.

Sarah Sinnott, aged 20, of Gerald Griffin Street, Cork, pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening behaviour that gave rise of a breach of the peace.

Garda Inspector Eileen Foster described the events at the Mercy Hospital &to the court: “Garda Lorraine O’Donovan and Garda Colm Spring went there as a result of a call. Three security staff were restraining a female on the ground. She was screaming and struggling to get out of their grip.