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 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, asked for bail yesterday so he could go fishing and mountain climbing and come home from custody at weekends.