Construction firm owner convicted of assaulting female garda

'This was a simple road traffic arrest that escalated into something more serious,' Sgt Sean Murphy told the judge in Fermoy District Court

The defendant 'lunged' into the footwell of the vehicle and grabbed a glass bottle, according to Garda evidence from the night.

A construction company owner who assaulted a female garda when stopped on suspicion of drink driving in Cork has been convicted of assault, brandishing a glass bottle, resisting arrest, and driving while intoxicated.

Aidan O’Sullivan, aged 38, of Duntaheen, Fermoy, had been approached by gardaí at 3.15am on October 2, 2022, on Connolly St, Fermoy, after his vehicle was seen driving erratically before it pulled into a car park in the town. Gardaí said that he smelled of alcohol.