Cork man who choked one garda and hit another with a crutch jailed for four years

Cork Circuit Criminal Court also heard that the homeless man dragged on of the gardaí by the hair as he resisted arrest

Cork Circuit Criminal Court was told that one garda was out of work for 82 days as a result of her injuries and her colleague was out of work for 132 days. File picture: Dan Linehan

A homeless man who choked a garda and dragged her by the hair before striking another garda in the head and body with another person’s crutch during an early afternoon incident in Cork City has been jailed for four years.

Garda Ruth Maher was out of work for 82 days as a result of her injuries and her colleague Garda Paul Dromey was out of work for 132 days as a result of his injuries.