Attack garda or hospital staff and you risk jail, warns judge

Anyone assaulting a garda, hospital staff or members of the emergency services was at risk of a jail sentence, a judge warned yesterday as he sentenced a man to four months for such a crime.

Attack garda or hospital staff and you risk jail, warns judge

Patrick O’Leary, aged 43, of 55 Liffey Park, Mayfield, Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Garda Kevin Dorgan at Annalee Grove, Mayfield, Cork, on January 12, 2013.

At Cork District Court, Inspector Michael McGuire said gardaí responded to a call to the area that two men were fighting each other.

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