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.

Man in HIV threat to gardaí

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.

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