Drink binge man crashed car into garda station

A Dunmanway man on a drinking bender crashed his car into the front door of his local garda station and the next day carried a bottle of brandy into the building where he insulted gardaí as pigs and threatened to kill one officer.

John Murray, 39, of Derragh, Dunmanway, Co Cork, was arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he pleaded guilty to damaging the station, threatening to kill Garda Heather Chandler, and dangerous driving.