Man hit garda serving order secured against him by his mother

A man has been jailed for punching a garda sergeant in the head when he was being served with a barring order secured against him by his mother. Bandon District Court heard that William O’Connor “lashed out” when he was being served with the order.

Judge James McNulty heard from Sgt James O’Donoghue that, on September 13, he and other gardaí went to O’Connor’s then-address at 2 St John’s Terrace, World’s End, Kinsale, to serve him papers, as requested by the court earlier that day.