'Aggressive male' peppered sprayed by gardai at service station in Offaly

A man who was described as being 'aggressive' was pepper sprayed by Gardaí during a public order incident in Birr town recently.

Two gardai who were on patrol in their vehicle on Sunday, April 7 when they came across two males involved in an aggressive altercation with one another in the forecourt of a filling station on Roscrea Road.

One of the men left the scene when he was asked to do so by gardai but gardai say the other man refused to leave.

Gardai say he was 'intoxicated and intimidating'. According to gardai, they had no option but to pepper spray him. He was also given a Fixed Charge Notice.