Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Kate O'Brien Laidlaw

1 report across 1 case, 2 Oct 2025 to 2 Oct 2025

Victim: Kate O'Brien Laidlaw, Irish woman (judged from name)Kate O'Brien Laidlaw

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Public order offence (verbal abuse of gardaí)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 2 Oct 2025 to 2 Oct 2025
Outlets
gript.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced for verbal abuse of gardaí in Dublin Public order offence (verbal abuse of gardaí) · Co. Dublin

    On 7 May 2025 at about 00:15, David Tyndall, 53, was charged with verbally abusing two gardaí, including Kate O'Brien Laidlaw, on Talbot Street in Dublin city centre. The alleged abuse included calling one garda 'horse face', using homophobic language towards the other, and threatening to punch the head off one of them. He appeared in court, where the judge noted his 69 previous convictions and described his behaviour as outrageous. On 2 October 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of €200 with 12 months to pay.

    Sentenced, 2 Oct 2025Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Kate O'Brien Laidlaw, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 2 Oct2025
    Sentencedgript.ie, in Man sentenced for verbal abuse of gardaí in Dublin
    Man called Gardaí "horse face" and "juju lips" - Gript
    victim, Kate O'Brien Laidlaw, female, irish (judged from name)Kate O'Brien Laidlaw

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