Tipperary man who assaulted two gardaí is given two suspended jail sentences

A man who assaulted two gardai has been given suspended jail sentences by Judge Elizabeth MacGrath at Nenagh District Court.

Roy Moran, 21, of Knigh Cross, Nenagh, pleaded to the offences at Grange Upper, Nenagh, on October 20, 2012. He also pleaded to resisting arrest on the same occasion.

The court heard that at 10.05pm on October 20, 2021, the gardaí were alerted to a male in the middle of the road at Grange Upper, Nenagh.

The court heard that Mr Moran was arrested and the gardaí had difficulty placing him in the patrol car.

When they did get him into the car he punched both gardaí and began spitting at them.

Mr Moran made a statement to the gardaí that December in which he said he had had a lot of drink taken and couldn’t remember punching the gardaí, the court heard.

However, he accepted the facts and apologised.

His solicitor, Liz McKeever said the offences happened when Mr Moran was in the “height of addiction”, but he had since completed treatment.

Judge MacGrath sentenced Mr Moran to four months in jail, suspended for 12 months, on each of the assault charges on his own bond of €250 in each case.. The sentences are to run concurrently.

She fixed recognizance in Mr Moran’s own bond of €250.