Pepper spray attack on restaurant staff
A MAN is due to appear in court next week after an incident in McDonald’s restaurant in Shop Street during which two employees were pepper sprayed in the face and a glass door was kicked in.
One man, understood to be in his late 20s, had been acting in a bizarre manner in the restaurant minutes before he left – he then turned back and violently kicked in a glass front door.
Two employees of McDonalds who tried to restrain the man were then pepper sprayed in the face by the perpetrator, who shortly after was taken away by some of his friends.
The two victims of the pepper spray attack had to receive medical treatment afterwards.
The whole incident, that occurred shortly after 4am on the morning of Friday, March 14, was videoed on a mobile phone with the man responsible clearly identifiable.
Later that day, Gardai arrested a man, who is understood to be of east European origin, in relation to the incident and he is due to appear at Galway District Court next Monday on a series of charges.
The incident, has put the city in the international limelight for all the wrong reasons with the episode getting over 100,000 ‘hits’ worldwide on different websites, 93,000 of them on You Tube.
Shortly after being pulled away by friends, the man returned close to the front door of the restaurant, and ‘mooned’ at those inside.
A spokesman for the Garda Press Office confirmed to the Galway City Tribune that
the man would be facing a series of charges in relation to the incident when he appears at the local court next week.
For more on this story, see the Galway City Tribune.