Suspended sentence handed down at Kilkenny court for assault
The defendant is ‘very apologetic’ for his actions on the date in question
A defendant who admitted to being intoxicated in a public place and to assault was handed down a two-month suspended sentence at a recent sitting of Kilkenny District Court.
Lupascu Pisicia, Fairgreen Hostel, Fairgreen, Galway admitted the offences which took place on November 30, 2025.
Sergeant Morgan O’Connor told the court that on the date in question gardaí had received a report of an intoxicated male who was aggressive at the Emergency Department of St Luke’s Hospital. The male had been discharged and was refusing to leave. Gardaí arrested the defendant and he was taken to Kilkenny Garda Station.
Sgt O’Connor outlined to the court how the defendant, who has three previous convictions, ‘spat at a garda’s face and connected’.
Solicitor Tertius Van Eeden said that his client was a sixty-year-old Romanian national who was ‘in between Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford and Galway’ and was living in Ireland for the past six years.
“He was highly intoxicated on the night in question and he was flustered at the hospital because no one spoke his language. He is very apologetic,” he said adding that ‘alcohol is a problem’ for his client.
Judge Geraldine Carthy convicted the defendant and imposed a two-month sentence which she suspended on condition that the defendant be of good behaviour and not re-offend.