PSNI Constable Convicted For Assault And Drink Driving
Feb 21, 2025
A police officer’s career has been dealt a severe blow following his conviction for drunken assaults on two off-duty colleagues.
Deputy District Judge Noel Dunlop found 31-year-old Marcus Brush—registered at c/o PSNI Brooklyn, Knock Road in Belfast—guilty of two common assaults and driving with excess alcohol, though a charge of being drunk in charge of a vehicle was dismissed.
The Coleraine Magistrates’ Court handed down a 15‐month driving ban and fines totalling £1,500. The judge observed, however, that “there is no penalty I can impose that will equate to the penalties that your authorities will do.”
Following a successful application by defence counsel Neil Moore, Brush was granted bail for £300 and permitted to drive pending an appeal of the convictions and sentence.
The charges stem from an incident at the Galgorm Manor Hotel on 21–22 September 2023, when Brush and his partner attended a wedding.
Two additional charges of common assault and disorderly behaviour, which had been initially brought against the officer, were previously withdrawn by the Public Prosecution Service.
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