Suspended sentence for cigarette butt assault

A middle-aged man who flicked a cigarette butt at his neighbour’s head and said, “I’m going to wreck your car tonight”, was yesterday fined and given a suspended jail sentence for his actions.

Anthony Lacey of 8 Post Office Avenue, Blackrock, Cork, denied the assault by flicking a cigarette butt. He said he might have flicked his cigarette and part might have broken accidentally.

He denied threatening to wreck the neighbour’s car.