Prison sentence for Lisburn man who caused a disturbance at the Royal Victoria Hospital

Sean Tracey, 32, whose address was given as Old School Yard, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates Court charged with disorderly behaviour and assault on police. He was further charged with two breaches of a non-molestation order.

The court heard that on May 8, 2025 police were in attendance following a report of an incident involving the defendant. He was conveyed to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast by the police due to his injuries.

It was said that he became extremely aggressive and disorderly, despite numerous warnings from both the police and hospital staff. He was said to have been shouting expletives and pushed one of the police officers who was trying to escort him to the waiting room.

The altercation left the police officer with blood over his arms from injuries which had previously been sustained by the defendant.

The defendant was further charged with two breaches of a non-molestation order on two separate occasions.

On June 29, 2025 the police received a report from the injured party who said her ex-partner was in a neighbouring flat, in breach of a court order. Police located the defendant in a neighbouring flat and he was subsequently arrested.

He was also charged with breaching a non-molestation order by telephoning the defendant on June 23, 2025.

On the charge of disorderly behaviour, District Judge Rosie Watters imposed a custodial sentence of five months and on the charge of assaulting police, she imposed a custodial sentence of five months, with the sentences to run concurrently.

On the charges of breach of a non-molestation order, Ms Watters imposed a sentence of four months on each of the charges. These are to run concurrently with each other, but consecutively to the five month sentence, bringing the total prison sentence imposed to nine months.

Ms Watters also imposed an offender’s levy of £25.

Defence sought leave to appeal the sentence. Ms Watters granted leave to appeal, releasing the defendant on his own bail of £500 pending the appeal.