Man jailed after attack at Irthlingborough park
A man who was part of a group of street drinkers involved in an altercation at Irthlingborough Rest Gardens has been jailed.
Kieran O’Brian has been before Northampton Crown Court to be sentenced for his part in the affray at the park off High Street, Irthlingborough.
The 39-year-old was part of the incident that sparked a large police response on March 26, 2025.
O’Brian, of Archfield Terrace, was charged with threatening a person with a knife and with affray. He also assaulted a police officer who was involved in the response to the incident.
He pleaded guilty to those three offences, and to a separate offence of possession of a knife in a public place in Irthlingborough on September 23, 2025.
O’Brian appeared before Recorder William Davis at Northampton Crown Court for sentence on Wednesday (May 27).
He was given 29 months in prison and was given a restraining order that bans him from contacting his victim for ten years. He will also have to pay a £228 surcharge on his release.