Woman gets suspended term for assaulting gardaí

A Limerick woman bit one garda and slammed a patrol car door into another, injuring both, when being arrested, a court heard.

Sarah O’Donnell, 24, of Clarina Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston, pleaded guilty yesterday at Limerick District Court to assaulting Garda Eric Barry and Garda Mick Dunne when they were investigating the theft of a camera and mobile phone last July.

O’Donnell admitted assaulting the gardaí and stealing the camera, valued €100, and the phone,valued €600.