Suspended term activated for aggression to probation staff

A Kilmichael man, with the last year of his three-year jail term suspended for dragging a teenage girl into a building and assaulting her, had that last year activated yesterday for becoming aggressive with the probation service.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said yesterday: “This is a worrying and upsetting case. This man was given a chance by the court with what was a structured (partly suspended) sentence. Those conditions were for O’Neill’s benefit — given his history — and for the benefit of society. But he has patently, for whatever reason, failed to (take the opportunity).