Three year sentence for man who kicked garda in the face

A 22 year-old north Dublin man who kicked a garda in the face and in a separate incident viciously assaulted a man in his fifties on Christmas morning has been jailed for three years by Dublin Circuit Court.

Judge Desmond Hogan said Dean O’Driscoll, of St Attracta Road, Cabra, Dublin 7, had a propensity towards violence and imposed concurrent three and two year sentences.