CITY MAN GETS SUSPENDED PRISON SENTENCE FOR BARRICADE
Date Published: 10-Nov-2008
A city man who barricaded himself and his girlfriend inside the sitting room of his parent’s home has been given a seven-month suspended prison sentence.35 year-old Damien McElroy, formerly of 30 John Coogan Park, Newcastle, pleaded guilty in September to barricading himself and his girlfriend, Geraldine Carr, in the sitting room of his home on August 30th by placing furniture against the door, and refusing Gardai entry.