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Two men have received jail sentences in a Castlebar court for crashing a stolen car and then abusing hospital staff while they were being treated at the A&E department at Mayo General Hospital.

A 23-year-old father of two, with 32 previous convictions, who tried to bite a garda during a public order incident was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A father of two, who was observed by gardaí to assault his partner in their house, pleaded not guilty to assaulting her and also denied assaulting a garda who entered the house to deal with the violent situation.

A Westport man who has 27 previous convictions was before a special sitting of Castlebar District Court on Monday where Judge Kevin Kilrane told the defendant, who was before court for a public order charge, that as was evident from his demeanour in court, “I don’t think that you care very much”.

Two men who shouted obscenities at a garda after one of the men’s car was to be seized, with the owner of the car refusing to hand over his keys, appeared at Castlebar District Court last week.

An intoxicated woman who was arguing with her boyfriend in public faced public order charges at last Wednesday’s District Court sitting in Castlebar.