A man who caused €66,000 of damage to a Co Donegal hotel during a naked rampage has been ordered to pay €5,000 compensation or face 20 months in prison. His lawyers had pleaded not guilty on his behalf claiming it was a case of “involuntary intoxication” but Judge John Aylmer found him guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court. The trial heard that Devlin booked into the hotel with his three-year-old son as he was going through a divorce and wanted to spend time with his child. He blamed stress, medication and alcohol for his behaviour and offered to pay compensation for the damage. He adjourned the case until next December to allow Devlin to pay compensation of €5,000 to the hotel in lieu of 20 months in prison.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2018 16:02 UTC