Scuffling on public street ‘reprehensible’ says Derry judge
A judge at Derry Magistrate's Court today has said that disorderly behaviour such as scuffling in a public street is 'reprehensible'.
The comments came in the case of Conor Brown (30) of Bayview Terrace in Derry, who admitted a charge of disorderly behaviour on February 20, 2025.
The court heard that the injured party in the case was in a newsagents premises and the defendant was outside.
When the injured party emerged from the shop, there was a scuffle between the two.
Defence counsel Sinead Rogan said that there was CCTV of the incident and initially the defendant had claimed he acted in self defence.
District Judge Suzanne Rice said that these were 'an unpleasant set of facts', but said she would give Brown credit for his guilty plea.
She said that she was imposing a heavy fine as the defendant had a previous, similar conviction.
Brown was fined £500 at the hearing on Wednesday.