There was no racial abuse involved in the assault of a security guard at a city McDonald’s outlet, Judge John King was told, when he viewed photographs of the injuries caused, presented to him by prosecuting Gardaí at Galway District Court on Monday.
The accused before him, Dylan Finn (no fixed address ) currently in custody and originally from Mayo, was brought before the court from prison to answer a number of charges relating to the assault and breaking into a Londis shop and stealing alcohol.
At a recent hearing Finn was granted bail despite strong Garda objections. Judge Valerie Corcoran made it a condition of his bail that he stay out of Galway city, and she did not impose the usual Garda Station sign-on condition as she feared that would give Finn the excuse to return to Galway.
John Martin solicitor (defending ) said his client was a chronic alcoholic which led to a lot of his problems. He had a relapse on February 17 and was brought before a special sitting of Galway District Court and had been in custody since then. He applied to have Finn granted bail.
One of the bail conditions Judge Corcoran imposed was a bond of €2,000, of which €1,000 was to be in cash.
At Monday’s sitting Judge King was told Gardaí were called to a disturbance at McDonald’s in Westside. They were informed the defendant had punched a security guard in the mouth with his closed fist. A bloody lip was the result but there was no victim impact report before the court.
Finn also faces charges relating to the alleged use of a piece of timber to prize open a door at a Londis shop, causing damage of €1,500 in the process. He is accused of stealing €253.36 worth of alcohol product from the shop.
Finn was remanded on both charges to appear before Galway District Court again later in April.
