Dublin tattoo artist guilty of attacking garda

A tattoo artist has been found guilty of attacking and injuring a garda after he was challenged leaving his business premises late at night wearing a balaclava.

Devin Singleton, aged 25, of Primrose Grove, Darndale, Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Garda Brendan Fitzpatrick. The garda suffered a fractured little finger during the incident at Edenmore Avenue in Coolock in Dublin on the night of January 25, 2015.

He was also found guilty of resisting arrest but Judge Bryan Smyth dismissed a charge for unlawful possession of a small tomahawk hatchet.