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Thug who is ‘no stranger to court’ with 115 convictions pleads guilty to more offences

Amongst the plethora of offences are almost 30 charges of assault as well as other entries for assaulting and resisting police, drugs, criminal damage and breaches of bail

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A thug who is “no stranger to the court” has pleaded guilty to yet more offences.

It appears that Conor Oliver Floyd has moved from offending in his native Co Fermanagh further north to Co Antrim.

Standing in the dock of Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday, the 25-year-old was charged with common assault and disorderly behaviour on December 12 last year on the Galgorm Road in the town.

While Floyd, now with an address at Glentoran Place in east Belfast, confirmed that he understood the charges against him, his defence lawyer told the court his client was entering guilty pleas to both offences.

​Commenting that Floyd “is not a stranger to the courts,” District Judge Nigel Broderick adjourned passing sentence until February 15 and ordered that a probation pre-sentence report be compiled in the meantime.

With more than 115 previous convictions, the 25-year-old usually appears in the petty sessions at Enniskillen and Omagh.

Amongst the plethora of offences are almost 30 charges of assault as well as other entries for assaulting and resisting police, drugs, criminal damage and breaches of bail.

In one widely-reported incident in August 2017, officers had to give chase up Enniskillen Main Street as a handcuffed Floyd took to his heels in a break for freedom.

Officers gave chase on foot and in vehicles. When cops got him, he threw a cup of tea over a female constable and then having been refused bail, Floyd became physically and verbally abusive towards court and security staff.

There were no such outbursts in Ballymena Court on Thursday as DJ Broderick advised Floyd to fully comply and cooperate with probation when their officer interviewed him for the pre-sentence report.