Jail for Lisburn man who slammed door on arm of security guard at Antrim Area Hospital
A man with drugs who slammed a door on the arm of a security guard at Antrim Area Hospital has been convicted of assault and jailed for two months.
The 46-year-old was charged in relation to Sunday, May 25, 2025.
Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, was told that on May 25 last year police received a report from staff of two males "acting suspiciously" at the emergency department of the hospital.
Upon seeing police the defendant, James Kane, with an address listed as a hostel at Flush Park in Lisburn, had gone to a toilet.
He slammed a door on the arm of a security guard who was attempting to stop drugs from being flushed down a toilet.
When told he was to be searched by police the defendant produced 60 pregabalin and ten alprazolam.
A defence barrister said the assault was "reckless" and not intentional. Guilty pleas had been entered to drugs possession charges.
The court heard the defendant had a "significant" record.