Lurgan man failed to comply with police after they stopped him suspecting him of pushing his partner, Craigavon court hears
A Co Armagh man failed to comply with police who stopped him in Lurgan after they suspected he had ‘pushed’ his partner, a court hears.
Anthony Foy, aged 23, from Belvedere Manor, Lurgan, appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with two counts of assaulting police, one charge of resisting police and disorderly behaviour.
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The two charges of assaulting police were withdrawn and Foy pleaded guilty to the other two charges.
Police were travelling along Edward St on November 2 last year at 2.30am when they spotted a man, the defendant, "push a female”.
They stopped to speak with the defendant however he “didn’t comply with police instructions to allow them to apply handcuffs and he became resistant”.
Foy’s barrister Mr John Paul McCann said his client is in a relationship with the woman. “Police have somewhat misunderstood the situation and thought that he had assaulted his partner. There were no charges brought in that regard.
"Mr Foy felt somewhat aggrieved and that’s why he reacted in the way he did. He did have alcohol on board and accepts that he shouted in the street."
Mr McCann said his client is “an industrious young man” working as a driver and has a clear record.
District Judge Michael Ranaghan said: “I appreciate there was some confusion perhaps about what was going on between you and your partner at that stage but why people see fit to resist police. There tend to be more of them. They tend to be fitter and they tend to be armed. I don’t understand why people do it.”
He was fined £200 on each charge plus £15 Offender Levy.