Club-goer avoids prison ‘by a whisker’ after he abused gardaí on ‘night out that went wrong’

Aviation worker Peter O’Connor (27) spared a criminal record if he paid €1,000 charity donation.

Andrew Phelan

A club-goer had to be pepper-sprayed when he resisted arrest after hurling abuse at gardaí on a “night out that went very badly wrong”.

Aviation worker Peter O’Connor (27) was leaving the nightclub as gardaí arrived to deal with a fight he was not involved in when he called them “w**kers”, a court heard.