Corkman who spat at garda during covid claimed he was dealing with suicide trauma 

Defendant's friend's suicide did not happen until two days after the incident in which he spat at garda from back of patrol car, court discovered

Saliva landed on the face, neck, arms, shirt and stab vest of the garda, court heard.

A young man who spat in the face of a garda during the covid pandemic explained in court he had experienced the trauma of being first on the scene of a friend’s suicide.

However, when Judge Olann Kelleher enquired into the precise dates of the assault on the garda and the suicide, it turned out the traumatic incident for defendant, Cillian Martin, did not occur until two days later.