2025-12-17 · Dublin
Mentally ill plane passenger 'aggressively wielded bible' and punched garda
A mentally ill passenger who aggressively wielded a bible and assaulted a garda at Dublin Airport will be released from custody after his prison sentence was suspended. Gavin Risden (48), of no fixed abode in the United Kingdom, pleaded guilty to assaulting Garda Conor Neill on June 3 last. Air traffic control had alerted gardai to an unruly…