Convicted man: I was watching the wildlife

A Macroom man who was caught masturbating in bushes near a playground in Cork city said in court yesterday: “I was sightseeing, watching the wildlife.”

Convicted man: I was watching the wildlife

Jim Cronin, aged 54, of Teergay, Toonsbridge, Macroom, yesterday denied masturbating at Fitzgerald Park.

Judge Olann Kelleher convicted the accused on a charge of engaging in abusive or insulting behaviour on the morning of August 12, 2015.

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