One suspect collided with a garda and dragged him down three steps before he was restrained.
Two men who violently resisted arrest when they were caught red handed by the Emergency Response Unit as they attempted to carry out a targeted robbery of a house in Bandon, Co Cork have been jailed.
READ MORE : Ireland storm alert as Atlantic mega freeze to wreak havoc amid brutal Met Eireann weather forecast Patrick Harty and Larry O’Connor and a juvenile broke a lock to get in to the house. Inspector Lyons said when the ERU went to the house O’Connor ran out the front door holding a crowbar. He collided with a garda and dragged him down three steps before he was restrained.
Inspector Lyons said Patrick Harty tried to get away from gardai via a back window. He also violently resisted arrest. Ray Boland, SC, defence barrister for Larry O’Connor, said that his client was “genuinely remorseful” for his actions. He stated that as his client is in custody for another offence until 2029 a second sentence would be “the equivalent of a life sentence.”
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