Man smeared his name in excrement at garda station

A MAN who was in a “manic state” and smeared his name in excrement at a garda station, has turned his life around, Blanchardstown District Court heard.

Jack Doyle (26), with an address of Stanaway Road, Crumlin, pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Clondalkin garda station on June 20, 2020.

The court heard gardai responded to reports of a man interfering with a vehicle at Lealand Avenue in Clondalkin.

On arrival, gardai searched a defendant who matched the description at Lindisfarne Grove, and discovered a screwdriver, €57 in coins, a silver Rolex, a perfume tester bottle, and a pair of female runners.

After he was conveyed to Clondalkin Garda Station, the defendant smeared excrement in his name on a cell wall.

He was removed from the cell, and it cost a cleaning company €49 to clean the cell.

Defence solicitor Oscar Banahan said his client was “all over the place” at the time of the offence with drug addiction, following the deaths of two of his grandparents and a close friend, but had since sobered up and had been sober for two years.

His client had a “foggy recollection” of the night in question and was “extremely apologetic.”

Mr Banahan said his client is linked in with an addiction programme in Crumlin, and working in fulltime employment as a crane operator. Judge Peter White ordered Doyle to complete 40 hours of community service in lieu of three months in prison.

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