VIDEO: Water charges protester seeks trial by jury

A leading figure in the anti-water charges campaign said he wants to be tried by judge and jury after being charged with theft and causing criminal damage to water meters.

Brian Gould, aged 64, of 14 Barry’s Place, Cathedral Rd, Cork, was before Cork District Court yesterday where he was charged with taking keys worth €50 from an Irish Water subcontractor’s Ford Transit van at The Rise housing estate in Carrigaline on August 25.

He was further charged with 10 counts of causing criminal damage to water meters, worth €80 each, in the Ashgrove estate area of Carrigaline on August 22.