Woman hit garda over mistaken ‘slapper’ slur

The word “slap” triggered a chain of events that saw a woman slapping a garda across the face because she mistakenly thought that the guard had referred to her as a slapper.

Samantha McCarthy, 21, formerly of 65 Thomas Davis Street, Cork, and now living in Kilkenny, pleaded guilty to assaulting Garda Kieran O’Callaghan, being threatening and abusive and being drunk and a source of danger to herself or others.

Judge Leo Malone imposed a two-month suspended jail sentence on her for the assault.