Man jailed for assault after his accomplice sprayed corrosive liquid in garda's eye during his arrest

"David Hearns (34) called out to his female accomplice to "get the bottle, get the bottle" while Gardaí Colin Byrne and Ben Fallon were trying to arrest him. Hearns and the woman had just driven into a Dublin flat complex at high speed, in a stolen car, having just stolen over €400 worth of items from a nearby hardware store."

David Hearns, aged 34, was imprisoned for assaulting two gardaí during an arrest. Hearns and a female accomplice stole over €400 worth of items from a hardware store, then drove a stolen car at high speed into a Dublin flat complex. When Gardaí Colin Byrne and Ben Fallon attempted to arrest Hearns, he instructed his accomplice to retrieve a bottle containing strongly alkaline corrosive liquid. The woman sprayed this caustic substance into one officer's eye, causing injury. Both officers were assaulted during the incident.

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