A TEENAGER charged with assault after allegedly spitting at a Garda and then claiming he had the Covid-19 virus has claimed the incident was only "a big joke." The matter occurred after gardaí attended a reported incident in the Deanrock Estate in Togher at 2.30am on Sunday morning. Judge John King was told that Olden, with an address at Leamlara Close, Togher, Cork, was charged at the Bridewell Garda Station with assault and with two offences under the Public Order Act. Inspector Murphy said that, as a result of the incident, "he (Olden) has taken two gardaí off the streets." Mr Burke said his client was a hard-working young man who had never come to garda attention before.

Source: Irish Independent March 29, 2020 19:18 UTC