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‘A BIZARRE form of recycling’ was how a solicitor described his client’s actions, after he was caught urinat- ing against an off-licence door.
Jason Tucker (23), of The Orchard, Huntsfield, Dooradoyle, Limerick, pleaded guilty to engaging in threat- ening, abusive or insulting behaviour in Kilkee. Ennis District Court heard that he urinated against the front door of an off-licence. When directed by gardai to leave the area, he did so.
Defence solicitor Eugene O’Kelly said, “It was no more than urinat- ing’ and the garda in the case agreed that the accused co-operated with gardai.
Mr O’Kelly said his client’s previ- ous convictions suggest that he has a difficulty with alcohol. “It was a bizarre form of recycling to be uri- nating up against an off-licence,” he said.
He said his client wished to apolo- gise. “He had a lot to drink and there were no public facilities available to him,” said the solicitor.
Judge Timothy Lucey said, “It wasn’t the worse offence under Sec- tion 6 (Public Order Act)” and fined Tucker €250.