NI: Driver in McGuinness egg-throwing case bound over
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A man who drove a car while his passenger attempted to throw eggs at Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will forfeit £250 if he disrupts any politicians in the next year and a half.
Aodhan Irwin, 21, was bound over for the next eighteen months by Judge Brian Archer after appearing in Londonderry Magistrates’ Court.
The incident, which took place in September 2015, saw Mr Irwin’s passenger throw two eggs in the direction of Mr McGuinness while Mr Irwin shouted insults.
Neither egg hit Mr McGuinness, who was conducting a television interview at the time, but one landed at the feet of his driver.
Defence solicitor Paddy MacDermott described the incident as “political discourse which got a bit hot and heavy”.
Judge Archer told Mr Irwin: “I am binding you over not to disrupt any member of the public nor any politicians for the next 18 months on your own recognisance of £250.
“Any further incidents of public disorder involving you and you will forfeit the £250.”
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