Third man charged in city slash-hook dispute

A THIRD man was in court yesterday facing charges in relation to a volatile confrontation in a housing estate in the early hours of Tuesday morning when slash-hooks, a hatchet and petrol bombs were seized.

Two men were remanded in custody yesterday in relation to the incident.

A third man, David Butt, aged 21, of 6 Avonmore Park, Mayfield, Cork, is charged with producing an axe and a slash-hook during a dispute.