2026-04-22
Jail sentence for assault on garda overturned
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Frances O'Brien (30) with an address on Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, was convicted in the District Court of assaulting a garda member contrary to section 2 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997 and was sentenced to three months imprisonment. She was sentenced to a three month consecutive jail term for the trespassing conviction.