A Dublin man who chased a nurse, grabbed a patient’s drip and spat blood at gardaí during a violent hospital outburst has been given a four-year sentence.
Raymond Neeson (34), Coultry Drive, Ballymun, was brought to the Mater hospital in an aggressive and intoxicated state when he committed the offences.
He also threatened to infect two arresting gardaí with HIV.
Garda Gary Moran revealed that subsequent HIV tests showed Neeson was not infected with the virus.
He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the offences. Judge Pat McCartan imposed a four-year sentence.
