3 years’ jail for threat over CCTV

A Rathcormac man who got angry about a CCTV camera mounted outside a neighbour’s house poured petrol on the ground, lit it, and threatened to burn out the neighbours.

Detective Garda Thomas Ryan described that scenario at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin jailed the accused, Mark Kelly, for three years yesterday, saying: “There was no sense, rhyme or reason to this other than outrageous blaggarding.”