A district court judge yesterday jailed a man for five months, saying he was a menace for people living in the Blackrock area of Cork and, for some reason, had seemed to think he was an important person in that part of the city suburb.

A man jogging home from late-night work was tripped and assaulted and in the course of verbal abuse he heard his attacker using the word, ‘black’.

A young man found hiding in the attic of his home last week got a five-month jail term for driving offences, with another five months suspended to hang over him on his release from jail.

A young man found hiding in the attic of his home when gardaí went looking for him was yesterday jailed for three years.

A 15-year-old who ordered a householder to strip naked as a kettle of boiling water was thrown at him during a burglary was sentenced to three years’ detention with the last year suspended for what the judge described as a terrifying and humiliating crime.

A 15-year-old who ordered a householder to strip naked as a kettle of boiling water was thrown at him during a burglary, asked for bail yesterday so he could go fishing and mountain climbing and come home from custody at weekends.