Garda conviction would force ‘rethink’ on drunks
Iseult O’Malley SC, representing Sgt Martha McEnery, who is one of four gardaí on trial for alleged offences arising out of an assault in Waterford last year, said in her closing speech that if a man gets drunk and urinates in a doorway, he will be apprehended by the gardaí.
“If he is aggressive and curses at gardaí and won’t give his name, he’ll be arrested. If he resists arrest, he will be handcuffed. That is the law. Force is going to be used in those circumstances.”