It was nobody's fault, it was just one of those things and I don't hold anybody responsible." And all the staff in the courthouse were very good to me as well," he said. "Everybody who tended to me, the ambulance men and nurses and doctors, I can't thank them enough.
Mr McGirr thanked emergency crews and court staff for their assistance following his fall. "I was out and then I came round again and people were with me. I must have missed the fourth or fifth step with the walking stick and I went over," he said. He lay motionless on his back as he received treatment from paramedics and was later taken to Craigavon hospital. The defendant, who uses a walking stick, fell while descending a staircase from the dock to the cells area to complete paperwork.
Mr McGirr, from outside Coalisland, yesterday told how he blacked out after tumbling to the bottom of the staircase at Armagh Magistrates Court. There was an audible gasp in the courtroom as a loud crash was heard and several court officials ran to his assistance, shouting "call an ambulance". Frank McGirr arriving in an ambulance at Craigavon hospital after falling down stairs at Armagh CourthouseĪ CO TYRONE man charged with assaulting loyalist campaigner Willie Frazer says he feels lucky to be alive after falling down a courtroom staircase.įrank McGirr (60) was taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious when he slipped and fell down a flight of stairs during a court appearance on Tuesday.