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A burglar who broke into a restaurant before fleeing empty-handed was tracked down after leaving a trail of his blood leading to the tills.
A man had to be pepper-sprayed by gardaí as he walked towards them pointing a large kitchen knife during a street disturbance, it is alleged.
A drunken mother of two who punched a security guard in the face when he stopped her shoplifting told gardaí she hoped they died of cancer and their “parents got raped”.
An unlucky gambler who punched a casino machine in frustration when he lost a “massive” amount of money has been spared a criminal record.
A driver caught trying to cut a clamp off a car with an angle grinder needed to get to his child to hospital at the time and “panicked”, a court heard.