Machete-wielding man threatened residents

A man who threatened young people while wielding a machete and demanding money that he wrongly believed was owed to him has been jailed for three years.

Kieran Ryan, aged 21, of 4 Curraheen Close, Curraheen, Bishopstown, Co Cork, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to trespassing at 64 Rossa Avenue in Bishopstown and threatening the residents with a machete while “out of his head on tablets”.

Cork Circuit Court heard that Ryan, a father of one with 23 previous convictions including one for burglary, had initially threatened one of the residents at the house when he was discovered in the back garden of the property on Mar 30 last year. He said one of those living there owed him €10,000 which the court heard was untrue.