Woman hit bystander in face during psychotic episode in garda station, court hears

Rebecca Cunningham (43) lunged at a garda as she was arrested. Photo: Paddy Cummins

Andrew Phelan

A woman struck a bystander in the face when she became violent during a psychotic breakdown in a Dublin garda station.

Rebecca Cunningham (43) also lunged at and tried to punch a garda as she was arrested, a court heard. Judge David McHugh gave her a six-month suspended sentence.