Man in HIV threat to gardaí

A Dublin man threatened gardaí he would infect them with HIV after he was caught trespassing at the home of U2 drummer Larry Mullen while armed with a golf club, a court has heard.

Gerard O’Neill, 31, of Orchid House, James St, Dublin 8, was “foaming at the mouth” when he resisted arrest and threatened the officers who responded to a 6am report of intruders on the grounds of the drummer’s home.

He was found guilty yesterday of trespassing at Claremont Lodge, Claremont Rd, Howth, north Co Dublin, on October 19.