A 40-year-old man, who had been on trial accused of assaulting two gardaí, has pleaded guilty to resisting arrest.

The court heard the accused was shouting ‘Get them Buster’ at a dog during the incident on the Sallynoggin Road in Dublin.

He went on trial yesterday accused of assaulting the gardaí in October 2016 and with the possession of a claw hammer and a knuckleduster, which he denied.

A garda told the jury he saw the accused, Brian Farrell of Longford Villas in Sallynoggin, coming out of a house holding a pit bull terrier dog aloft by the scruff of the neck.

Gardaí allege that as they tried to arrest him, he shouted instructions to the dog like ‘Get them Buster, bite them Buster, help me Buster.’

The court heard the accused denied there were any dogs present on the evening.

Today on the second day of his trial, the charges were withdrawn and new ones were entered with the 40-year-old pleading guilty to resisting arrest.

He will be sentenced next month.

Judge Martin Nolan told the jury he was a little sorry the trial was over saying he was curious to find out if Buster was there or not.

Reporting from Stephanie Rohan at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.