Teenager pleads guilty to urinating on the floor of cell in Garda Station
A TEENAGER who urinated on the floor of his cell in Clondalkin garda station got a six-month suspended sentence in Blanchardstown District Court.
Jake O’Neill had been arrested after he was abusive to gardai.
O’Neill, aged 19, with an address at Crosscare, Amiens Street, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour at Caldbeck Way, Clondalkin, on January 19, 2017.
He also pleaded guilty to criminal damage by urinating on the floor of his cell at Clondalkin Garda Station on the above date.
Sergeant Maria Callaghan told Judge David McHugh that at 935pm on the above date, the gardai had been on patrol on Caldbeck Way in Clondalkin and they came across O’Neill and another male.
Sgt Callaghan said O’Neill was highly intoxicated and was abusive to the gardai and was arrested.
She said he was taken to Clondalkin Garda Station where he urinated on the floor of his cell.
Sgt Callaghan said the cost for cleaning the cell came to €195.
Sgt Callaghan said O’Neill has 32 previous convictions and he is currently serving a six-month sentence.
At District Court 55 on December 14 last, he had been sentenced to six months for handling stolen property and possession of drugs for sale or supply.
O’Neill’s solicitor, Terry Hanahoe, said his client had started drinking at the age of 12 and started heavy drinking when he was 16.
He said O’Neill is currently serving a sentence. Judge McHugh said he was not going to increase O’Neill’s sentence.
He sentenced O’Neill to six month detention, suspended for two years on the criminal damage and took the other charges into consideration.
