Man fleeing gardaí broke legs in jump

A 20-year-old man wanted by gardaí jumped out the upstairs window of his home in Cork in a desperate bid to get away, but broke both of his legs in the fall.

Man fleeing gardaí broke legs in jump

Tony Delaney yesterday appeared at Cork District Court in a wheelchair, with plaster cast on both his legs from below the knees to feet. He applied for bail.

Sgt John Sheehy said he and his colleagues went to the home of Mr Delaney on June 9 at 21, Foyle Avenue, Knocknaheeny, Cork, to arrest him for failing to appear in court to face charges that included having house-breaking implements in his possession and causing criminal damage to a car.

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