Kildare Judge: Injured man ‘looked like something out of Frankenstein’

A photograph showing a man who sustained injuries to his head disturbed a Naas District Court Judge on Thursday, April 20.

The photograph in question was shown to gardaí in attendance in the courthouse by the Judge, who made the comments in the case of Piaras Ginesi, with an address given as Suffolk Street, Kells, County Meath.

On a previous court date, it was heard that the 24-year-old was allegedly caught in possession of cocaine on April 13, 2022, at Boston Hill, Rathangan (however, on the latest date, it was heard that the cocaine was actually ketamine).

It was further alleged that, on the same date, the defendant committed a public order offence by producing a steel pole, which was in contravention of Section 11 of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990.

In addition, it was alleged that later on in the day, the accused entered into the vehicle of another man, and later tried to take control of it at Ashford, Boston Hill, which is in contravention of Section 11 (3) of the Road Traffic Offences Act 1968.

Gardaí also alleged that when the driver tried to stop Mr Ginesi from taking control of his vehicle at Feighcullen in Rathangan, the defendant allegedly bit him on his head, and shortly afterwards, he went on to allegedly assault a woman by attempting to restrain her, and also allegedly damaged her phone and tried to take her car keys.

After gardaí served a book of evidence on the accused, Judge Zaidan sent the case forward to the present sittings of Naas Circuit Criminal Court.

Shortly after doing this, he showed the photograph of the man with the alleged bite mark to the gardaí present in the court, and remarked: "Look at that… the man looks like something out of Frankenstein."