A DRUGGED-UP teenager bit into a female garda’s chest and screamed: “If you can’t beat them, eat them.”

Megan McQuaide, 19, had been arrested after she was involved in a traffic accident in Barnesmore, Co Donegal, on June 24.

2 Meghan McQuaide Credit: Newspix

The teen, of Strand Road, Co Derry, was a passenger in a car but was uninjured. She was spotted by cops standing in the road, shouting and hitting out at emergency services.

She was taken to hospital but had to be accompanied by gardai due to her behaviour.

McQuaide was later arrested for public order offences and taken to Letterkenny Garda Station after being physically aggressive to hospital staff.

But as the teen was being released into the care of her grandmother, she sank her teeth into the chest of a female garda, shouting: “If you can’t beat them, eat them.” Letterkenny District Court heard how the accused broke through clothing and into the skin of the garda, causing her severe bruising.

The court also heard McQuaide, who pleaded guilty to public order and assault charges, had a history of using both prescribed and unprescribed drugs.

2 The teen is from Derry Credit: Newspix

Solicitor Patsy Gallagher said that at the time of the incident, his client was “in a drug confused hell but is in a different place today and trying her best”.

Judge Paul Kelly ordered a Probation report on McQuaide and adjourned the case until January 15.