Man armed himself after threats over his singing

A case where a man armed himself with screwdrivers and a knife to intimidate two others who had threatened him to leave his home within 24 hours for singing, ended with a one-year jail sentence yesterday.

Tony Scott, 39, who lives at an apartment at 158, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork, was apprehended at Lower Glanmire Road in Cork by Garda Stephen Aherne. The guard was on patrol in the area when he saw the accused jumping off a bicycle and discarding it.

When he spoke to Scott the accused immediately volunteered that he had two screwdrivers in his possession for the purpose of intimidating others. Following his arrest Scott told gardaí at Mayfield Garda station that he also had a knife in his possession.