A motorist who had what a district judge described as being as bad a driving record as one was ever going to see had a five-month jail sentence and seven-year driving ban imposed on him yesterday.

A man facing charges of turning up armed with knives to cause damage at a neighbour’s house in November committed the same crimes last Wednesday night, it was alleged yesterday, as he applied to be released on bail.

A drunk driver sped away from gardaí narrowly missing crashes with two other cars and later jumped into the back of his car on top of his three passengers in the hope that his driving would not be detected.

THREE more men were charged yesterday with false imprisonment arising from a Garda investigation into a car crash which claimed the lives of two teenagers in Cork city last May.

THE removal took place in Cork City last night of an Irishman whose body was found inside a freezer in an apartment in Portugal.