Man spared jail for headbutting judge

A Dublin man, who headbutted a senior member of the judiciary and punched a security guard at the Four Courts, has received a €500 fine and a seven-month suspended sentence.
Gardaí were called to the court building on the afternoon of Sunday December 1 last and arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with an assault on Mr Justice Anthony Barr as well as security officer Laszlo Szaszi.