Craigavon man called staff member at pizza takeaway a 'cheeky b**ch' before swinging a plastic sign at her, court hears
A Craigavon man, who complained about an order at Four Star Pizza, swung a plastic sign at a female staff member.
Carl McCready, aged 37, from Westacres, appeared in the dock at Craigavon Magistrates Court on Friday charged with three counts of common assault, disorderly behaviour and resisting police on August 31 last year.
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Police were tasked to the takeaway on Lake Road at 11.43pm following reports of an intoxicated male and a disturbance over whether an order had been correctly made.
Staff told police the defendant had swung a plastic “wet floor” sign at a female member of staff who “was put in fear of being assaulted”. While details of the situation were being recorded, the defendant returned to the premises “banging on locked doors”.
He was restrained by police, handcuffed and arrested. He refused to move into a seat assigned to him by an officer and was biting a seat belt while it was being placed around him. McCready further resisted police by pushing against them in the back of the vehicle.
CCTV footage was reviewed the next day and officers observed the defendant had also assaulted two male staff members who prevented him from further assaulting the female.
During an interview, the defendant showed a little remorse describing the female victim as "a cheeky b**ch”.
McCready’s barrister Mr Damien Halleron accepted the aggravating feature was the number of assaults "and the fact that everyone was trying to do an honest day’s work and trying to provide a service to customers while Mr McCready was heavily intoxicated”.
Mr Halleron said it shows from the Pre-Sentence Report his client doesn’t accept he has a problem with alcohol but accepts he drank to the extent he can’t remember the event.
Referring to the comment about the female member of staff, Mr Halleron said: “He understands now that this lady was only trying to do her job in difficult circumstances late at night and she doesn’t need or deserve to be treated like that.”
His interaction with police is something McCready also regrets, the barrister said, adding his client works and “is incredibly embarrassed to be before the court”.
District Judge Michael Ranaghan issued McCready with a Combination Order with 12 months Probation supervision and 70 hours Community Service.