Corkman who assaulted garda during drink-driving incident loses conviction appeal

The court heard that the passenger, Leslie Kepple, 'obstructed, threatened, assaulted and injured' the garda.

The court heard that the woman driving was being arrested for suspected drink-driving at the garda checkpoint at East Cliff Road, Glanmire, County Cork. File picture: Denis Minihane

The passenger in a car stopped during a drink-driving incident expected the garda working alone to drive him home and ended up assaulting the officer and acting very aggressively at the scene.

Now at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, 47-year-old Leslie Kepple of Iona Green, Mayfield, Cork, has appealed against a sentence of six months in prison. But Judge Helen Boyle refused the appeal and affirmed the order of the district court.