Grandfather left in fear by addict grandson’s threat

A young man threatened to smash up his grandfather’s house and gardaí arrived to find the pensioner visibly shaken and in fear.

Jason Carroll, aged 25, of 16 Bridevalley View, Fairhill, Cork, said through his solicitor, Michael Quinlan, at Cork District Court yesterday the threat to blow in the windows and damage his grandfather’s home was made so that he would be arrested. It was a deliberate attempt to be jailed so that he could get off heroin.

Judge Olann Kelleher said he could understand the unusual rationale behind the offence but he said it was nevertheless a frightening experience for the accused’s grandfather.