Young man spared jail for assaulting Garda in Cork

He was also fined and given community service for threatening and obstructing the officer

Garda Ricky Galvin said at Cork District Court that after being verbally abused he was also physically assaulted by being shoved in the chest at one stage and having his thumb bent backwards. File photo

A member of An Garda Síochána was verbally abused as “a spastic and a handicap” at the scene of a drunken disturbance in the Douglas area.

Garda Ricky Galvin said at Cork District Court that after being verbally abused he was also physically assaulted by being shoved in the chest at one stage and having his thumb bent backwards.