Paul John Donaghy (42), of Drummaul Park, Randalstown, admitted possessing a baseball bat as an offensive weapon; disorderly behaviour and tried prison harm to a door within the city on February 28 this yr.
At Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, a defence barrister stated Donaghy had drink taken and was “not the right historian” relating to what occurred however accepted he had been shouting exterior the property.
He stated the defendant had been carrying a Covid-style masks after which took it off while exterior the property. He added: “It would not make any sense why this occurred in any respect.”
District Judge Nigel Broderick stated a lady stated Donaghy had a ‘pitbull’ canine with him and hit the entrance door with a baseball bat while shouting.
The choose stated the girl stated the defendant had been consuming and was a “recognized alcoholic” and it made her “really feel intimidated and terrified given the state he was in by means of alcohol. I used to be afraid he would assault me with the baseball bat and use the canine to assault me”.
Judge Broderick informed Donaghy that little question the resident would have been “terrified” because it was “late at evening and also you’re at her door with a baseball bat with a face masks. I do not settle for any Covid clarification, I feel that may be a sinister aspect to it and and you have this, described as a pitbull, in her assertion.”
The choose stated a responsible plea and restricted report saved the defendant from jail and handed down a 3 months custodial time period, suspended for a yr. A one-year Restraining Order was additionally put in place.
