A 33-year-old man has been charged with assault, in connection with an alleged coughing incident at a Tesco store in Co. Galway at the weekend.
Konrad Prokopczyk, who resides at Esker Hills, Ballinasloe, was arrested at the Tesco branch in the town yesterday evening. The Court heard that Mr Prokopczyk is alleged to have coughed in the direction of two female employees while he was in the shop last evening.
Garda David Sheffield told Galway District Court today that he charged him with assaulting two employees, breach of the peace and providing a false and misleading name and address.
Lodging an application for bail, his solicitor told Judge Marie Keane that her client was now aware of the seriousness of the current situation regarding