Jail term for Ballymena man with 90 previous convictions who was disorderly at Antrim Area Hospital
A Ballymena man with 90 previous convictions who was disorderly at Antrim Area Hospital has been jailed.
Garion Hanna (24), with an address listed as Carnduff Drive, committed the offence on August 22 last year.
He appeared at Ballymena Magistrates' Court via video link from prison.
A prosecutor said the defendant had been taken to hospital with a head injury last August and and became disorderly whilst waiting.
He was "physically abusive" to police and was shouting and swearing in the presence of "sick" patients, a prosecutor said.
A defence lawyer said on the date in question the defendant "had been the victim of an assault" and had "quite a serious head injury".
The court heard the defendant had 90 previous convictions.
District Judge Nigel Broderick said it was an "aggravating feature" that the disorderly behaviour was in a hospital and jailed the defendant for three months.