Ireland Named in reporting
Glen Friel
Born between November 1999 and March 2000, from the ages reported. 7 reports across 2 cases, 13 Mar 2024 to 18 Jun 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- Between November 1999 and March 2000, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault, Assault causing harm (to a Garda)
- Where
- Co. Donegal
- Reporting
- 7 reports, 13 Mar 2024 to 18 Jun 2025
- Outlets
- donegallive.ie, thejournal.ie, irishmirror.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for assault on prison officer and Garda in Letterkenny Assault · Co. Donegal
Glen Friel, 25, set fire to his sister Linda's rented home at Straleeny, Killybegs, Donegal, on 22 April 2020 after she refused to give him money for drugs. He pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court in March 2024 and was sentenced to five years in prison with the final two years suspended. After the sentence was passed, he head-butted and spat on a prison officer and kicked and hit a Garda sergeant in the courtroom on 14 March 2024. He was charged with two counts of assault and sentenced at Falcarragh District Court in June 2025 to six months in prison, to be served consecutively.
Sentenced, 16 Mar 2024Convicted, accused · 3 reports - Man jailed for assault causing harm to Garda in Letterkenny Assault causing harm (to a Garda) · Co. Donegal
On 5 May 2022, Glen Friel, 24, a man, kicked Garda Aoife McNulty, a woman, in the stomach on Oliver Plunkett Road, Letterkenny, while on a drunken night out. Friel was charged with assault causing harm under Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. He appeared by video link from Wheatfield Prison at Letterkenny District Court in October 2024, where the case was adjourned to 18 November for the judge to consider jurisdiction. Friel pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ten months in prison on 28 November 2024. He was already serving a sentence at Wheatfield Prison for another offence.
Sentenced, 28 Nov 2024Convicted, accused · 4 reports
Timeline
every report naming Glen Friel, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 18 Jun2025Man jailed after assaulting prison officer and Garda in Letterkenny courtroomconvicted, Glen Friel, 25, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Friel
- 28 Nov2024Man jailed for kicking female garda in stomachconvicted, Glen Friel, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Friel
- 28 Nov2024Man jailed for kicking female Garda in stomach on drunken night outconvicted, Glen Friel, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Friel
- 28 Nov2024Donegal man jailed for kicking female Garda in stomachconvicted, Glen Friel, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Friel
- 21 Oct2024Letterkenny man in court accused of kicking female Gardaaccused, Glen Friel, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Friel
- 16 Mar2024Irate jailed man restrained and forcibly removed from Donegal Circuit Courtconvicted, Glen Friel, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Friel
- 13 Mar2024Man who asked sister to sell her body to fund his drug habit in Letterkenny courtaccused, Glen Friel, 24, male, named, irish (judged from name)Glen Friel
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