Man who claimed to be pope bit garda, court told

A man who claimed he was the pope bit a garda when he tried to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly.

Sean McLaughlin was told by gardaí to go home when they encountered him in Buncrana, Co Donegal, in the early hours of Sunday morning last.

He roared ‘wankers’ twice at gardaí and then gave them the ‘middle finger.’ When asked for his name, he told gardaí he was “John Paul the pope.”