A ‘belligerent’ man violently lashed out at gardaí when they broke up a house party that spilled onto a city street during the Covid lockdown, a court heard.
Ordy Bakeba (20) had booked an Airbnb at the height of pandemic restrictions and told Gardaí they had “no authority” to move it when they tried to disperse a nearby crowd.
Bakeba kicked a phone out of a garda’s hand and said “f**k the garda” as he was stopped. Judge Treasa Kelly fined him €150 in Dublin District Court.
Bakeba, of Woodland Avenue, Mosney, Co Meath, pleaded not guilty to threatening, abusive and insulting behavior, obstructing the gardaí and failing to follow his instructions.
Garda Conor McShane said he was on patrol as part of the Public Order Unit after midnight on July 2 when he was called to a house party at Portobello Harbour, Rathmines.
A large group of men had gathered in front of a house and the gardaí proceeded to check and disperse them.
Bakeba became “belligerent and abusive” towards the officers, refusing to leave.
He was told to desist from his aggressive behavior, but he yelled at them, “Stop me, stop me”.
He used swear words, saying “f**k the garda” and “f**k off”.
When told that if he stopped there would be no need to stop him, Bakeba began pushing violently through the gardaí.
He was arrested and violently kicked out at Garda Darragh Frewen, knocking his mobile phone out of his hand.
The accused had to be tied to the ground and handcuffed.
Gda Frewen said Bakeba was very aggressive and confrontational and became extremely furious when asked to move on.
He started clenching his fists and pumping his chest out aggressively.
“He told Gardaí to fuck off and they had no power to tell him to leave the area, and asked to be arrested,” Gda Frewen said.
Bakeba became extremely violent, hitting and kicking gardaí. He “showed a very bad attitude towards the gardaí”, said Gda Frewen.
Defense barrister Mervyn Harnett said Bakeba came to Ireland as a refugee from Congo and grew up in a “very different society”.
Judge Kelly said: ‘It was a different society for all of us before Covid.
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