Letterkenny Court.
A man with 164 previous convictions has been jailed for one month after he threw a bottle through a family’s car leaving two little girls terrified.
Brendan Boyle, 50, initially waved at a man leaving the Applegreen Filling Station at Drumnahoe in Letterkenny just after 4pm on November 1st last.
However when the car had passed him by, he threw a bottle at the back windscreen of the car smashing it and leaving two young girls in a hysterical state.
The river of the car, a Mr Doherty, travelled to the nearby LIDL outlet where he came across Gardai and told them what had happened.
Boyle, formerly of Meadowbank, Letterkenny, was then identified at the filling station and was arrested by Gardai.
Boyle, who is now serving a sentence in prison for other offences, appeared at Letterkenny District Court this morning.
The accused man’s solicitor, Mr Kieran Dillon, said his client was suffered from both mental health issues and alcohol abuse.
Judge Paul Kelly said “I’m very familiar with Mr Boyle, unfortunately.”
The court heard that a total of €300 worth of damage had been caused to Mr Doherty’s car but thankfully no injuries had been caused to Mr Doherty, his wife or the couple’s two daughters.
Judge Kelly sentenced Boyle to one month in prison but backdated it to November 16th.