Suspended sentence for 54-year-old woman who assaulted ambulance worker

Derry Magistrate's Court heard today how a woman who had assaulted an ambulance worker then took off her bra and exposed herself in the vehicle.

Mary Gillespie (54) of Glenside Gardens in Derry admitted assaulting an ambulance worker on July 27 last year.

The court heard that the defendant was being taken to hospital in an ambulance and then had to be restrained. 

In the course of struggling with the ambulance worker Gillespie removed her bra threw it into the front seat and exposed herself to the ambulance worker. 

Defence counsel Stephen Mooney said that his client was under no illusion how serious the offence was. 

He said that the woman had already spent a period in custody and wished to apologise profusely for her behaviour. 

Gillespie was sentenced to five months in prison suspended two years and ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation.