Man fined for scraping vehicle with key

An agricultural labourer, who was annoyed by a Land Rover parked on a country road blocking his way, decided to scrape a key along the side of the vehicle causing over €2,600 worth of paint damage.

Judge Leo Malone said yesterday at Cork District Court, “It is a very mean, sneaky type of offence to key the side of someone’s vehicle simply because it was blocking his way.”

The judge asked why Ivan Clarke, 31 of Lisnagat House, Lisnagat, Bandon, County Cork, did not simply report the matter to gardaí rather than causing this criminal damage.