A 40-year-old man who bit a police man trying to arrest him has been ordered to pay the officer £250 compensation.
Frankie Charles O’Donnell admitted charges of disorderly behaviour, assaulting two police officers, criminal damage and resisting police when he appeared at Derry Magistrates Court this morning.
A solicitor for the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) told the court police were called to Shipquay Street on August 15 after it was reported the accused was being disorderly and lashing out with crutches he was using.
The court was told O’Donnell “broke the skin” of one of the officers who he bit during the incident.
Defence solicitor, Paddy McDermott, told the court the accused had been on crutches throughout his life due to a medical condition and on the night in question had consumed a high intake of alcohol.
Ordering the accused to pay the injured officer £250 in compensation, Resident Magistrate, Barney McEholm, imposed a two year conditional discharge.
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