Man who fractured garda's teeth has part of sentence re-activated

A man who was jailed three years ago for terrorising his neighbours in a drunken early morning attack while wearing only his boxer shorts and assaulted a garda has had a suspended sentence partly re-activated.

Joseph Cahill (aged 28) had been a given a four-year sentence in July 2008 but Judge Patricia Ryan had suspended the final year on condition that he cooperate with the probation service and attend for alcohol treatment.