CITY MAN GETS 5 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR HEADBUTTING TEENAGER

Date Published: 03-Mar-2010

A 19 year old city man has been jailed for 5 months for headbutting a teenager in the city centre last April.

Matthew Golby of 28 Gaelcarraig Park, Newcastle pleaded guilty to headbutting a 17 year old youth at Pump Lane, Dominick St on the 11th of April last year.

Golby also pleaded guilty to drink driving at Beech Avenue, Renmore on October 30th last year and to having no insurance.

Golby’s solicitor said he recognises he has issues with alcohol and anger and was a mechanic by trade.

Judge Fahy sentenced Golby to five months in prison for the headbutt and fined him 600 euro for driving with no insurance and disqualified him from driving for two years.