Man who chased neighbour with axe gets 3 months

A MIDDLE-AGED man armed with an axe who chased his neighbour through fields on Christmas Eve has been given a three-month jail sentence.

Man who chased neighbour with axe gets 3 months

Judge Con O’Leary said in respect of the accused man’s neighbours: “These people deserve to live in peace without this kind of oppression by Mr Savage.”

Niall Savage, 44, of Killeen, Vicarstown, Tower, Blarney, Co Cork, was previously convicted on a charge of assaulting Jeremiah Murphy at Kerry Road, Blarney, at 4.40pm on December 24, 2010, and being in possession of an axe.

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