Whiskey-stealing Longford thief verbally abused garda while trying to stop another man’s arrest

Ritvars Razma called a garda a "f****** p****" shortly after he attempted to intervene in the arrest of a man in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford.

Liam Cosgrove

A jobless man carried out a brace of shoplifting raids before later going on to call a garda a “f****** p****” while trying to intervene in the arrest of another man in a midlands town, a court has heard.

Ritvars Razma (28) of Bracklin Park, Edgeworthstown, Longford pleaded guilty to five separate incidents of theft, public order and knife possession at various locations over an 11-month period, a sitting of Longford District Court was told.