A petty criminal who was given countless second chances by the court was finally jailed after losing his temper in a kebab shop.
CCTV footage played to the court showed McGinty sweeping his arm across the takeaway counter, knocking his food to the floor, while shouting "say f***ing thank you". Several male staff members then rushed out and bundled him out of the shop. He added: "McGinty has 25 convictions for 44 offences since 1998. There are numerous convictions for drunkenness and violence. But perhaps the matters that the court would have most concern about are the most recent matters. The defendant was convicted in 2021 for assaulting emergency workers.
"Most recently there's an offence of battery from June 2023. He appears to have offended while subject to a community order imposed for an offence of battery. The circumstances are he had a fallout with his roommate and punched them on one or two occasions."