Sentencing adjourned for Longford man who assaulted medics

A Longford man who assaulted medics from two fire brigade ambulance crews called to assist him during one night of drunken aggression has had his sentence adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

David Hughes (aged 21) assaulted Cormac Cahill as he tried to assist him into an ambulance after he had been vomiting blood and later assaulted Darren Burns who was attending to him because gardaí feared he might harm himself.