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‘Aggressive' rugby fan told gardai his name was ‘Donald Duck'
Roshan Reilly (44), a property management worker, was arrested when he became irate and aggressive in the incident following a match at the Aviva Stadium.
Roshan Reilly (44) said he'd had no more than four beers
A rugby fan told gardaí his name was 'Donald Duck' and they were 'nothing but public servants', following a drunken row outside a fried chicken restaurant.
Roshan Reilly (44), a property management worker, was arrested when he became irate and aggressive in the incident following a match at the Aviva Stadium.
Judge John Hughes adjourned the case at Dublin District Court for a community service suitability assessment.
Reilly, from St Enda's Drive, Rathfarnham, was found guilty of threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour, public intoxication and giving gardaí a false name, but was acquitted of garda obstruction.
He had denied all charges.
Gardaí said they went to the scene of a row outside KFC on Westmoreland Street on December 14 last year.
Roshan Reilly (44) said he'd had no more than four beers
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Reilly, who was very irate and aggressive, told a garda: 'get my f**king food for me then' and 'you are nothing but a public servant'.
Blood was dripping from cuts to his knuckles.
It was alleged Reilly raised his arms, clenched his fists and became violent
When asked for his name, Reilly 'stated his name was Donald Duck', the court heard.
It was alleged Reilly raised his arms, clenched his fists and became violent.
Garda Martin O'Rourke said he discharged pepper spray and the accused was handcuffed and arrested.
Reilly said he had been at the Leinster v Clermont Auvergne rugby match in the Aviva Stadium earlier and had gone to get food in KFC. He said he had no more than four beers, was not drunk and maintained security threw him forcefully out of the restaurant 'for no reason'.
He maintained he told gardaí he was unjustly ejected and was never cautioned about being obliged to give his name and address. He also said he was never pepper-sprayed on the street and only back at Pearse Street garda station.
When it was put to him in cross-examination that he gave the name 'Donald Duck', he told the court: 'I didn't want to make myself known and be harassed any more.' He alleged the blood was due to 'blows to my face and head' in the garda station and that he was refused use of the toilet.
Reilly, a commerce graduate, had suffered a bereavement and was under stress at the time, his barrister Garrett Casey said.
