An Irishman who kicked an Australian politician as part of a dare has been convicted of aggravated assault and ordered to pay a $2,200 fine to avoid jail by a Darwin judge.
As a part of a $200 bet, Darren Heraty, 24, kicked current Attorney General John Elferink during a press conference in the lead-up to an election last month.
The court heard the Irish immigrant had been drinking with friends at a nearby bar when they saw the press conference being set up on August 5. His friends told him they would pay him $200 if he touched Elferink, a former policeman.
Ironically, Elferink was recording a segment with a local TV station about recent violence on the street when the young Irish man came up behind him and kicked him in the back of the leg before trying to escape. The politician grabbed Heraty before he eventually managed to flee the scene, leaving his shoes behind him. Heraty was later picked up by officers.
Magistrate Greg Cavanagh described the assault as a "stupid drunken prank."
Heraty was given 28 days to pay the fine. A second man is also due in court over the incident.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.seanomelb | Sep 26, 2012, 06:41 PM EDT
The two amigos below dredging the gutter as usual
cillowen | Sep 26, 2012, 10:48 AM EDT
a dysfuntional moron from a dysfunctional island - you be oppressed and ashamed of your lot and knowing of the slave/convict/human abuser of our planet who's believed by nigh all others that their shiite being without a stench. Real Bully boys in harmony are the troika partnership that have no equal - we can all figure.
bogsidebunny | Sep 26, 2012, 09:22 AM EDT
Typical Irish drunken bully. The Aussies are really getting fed up with the Irish Infantile Culture. But a leopard can't change its spots. Already, almost 40 Irish have been deported but those were members of the "Travelling Community" who brought their unique culture of robbing, stealing and cheating people. The drunken, male, youths are next in line.