Man swung slash-hook at garda, court hears

A MAN swung a slash-hook at a garda who was trying to arrest another man during a disturbance, it was alleged at Cork District Court yesterday.

Mark O’Sullivan, aged 27, of 36 Bridevalley Park, Fairhill, Cork, was before Cork District Court yesterday on a charge of producing an article capable of inflicting serious injury, namely a 12-inch curved hook on a 4ft handle in the course of a dispute and in a manner likely to intimidate another person.

Inspector Gary McPolin told the court that at 3am on May 16, 2010, gardaí on patrol at Bridevalley saw two men acting suspiciously.