Man caught with traffic cone in Dungannon fails to complete community service

A man who failed to complete his outstanding hours of community service has been given a suspended prison sentence and warned that any further offending will see him go to jail.

By The Newsroom

Published 14th May 2016, 07:37 BST

Paul Denny, 22, had been convicted of disorderly behaviour in Dungannon after he was spotted by police in Perry Street in the early hours of February 7 carrying a traffic cone.

After telling the officer to “f**k off it’s my cone”, the court heard how Denny swore at police before adopting a fighting stance and adding: “No harm, I’m only having the craic lad.”

Denny, of Ashley Gardens in Armagh, continually told the officers that he had no name and that he was homeless during the incident.

Handing down a one month sentence which he suspended for two years, District Judge John Meehan said: “He is still getting himself stocious drunk.

“Every intervention has been tried ... next time you will be going to jail,” he warned the defendant.

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