Man slapped partner across the legs

A man slapped his former partner across the legs during an incident at her home and, in another, refused to calm down at the house for gardaí and had to be pepper-sprayed.

Isaac Messou, aged 24, first came to the attention of gardaí when they were called to a domestic incident at 127 Kilbarry Place, Farranree, Cork, on January 26, with his partner at the time, Andrea Sterenberg.

Insp Gary McPolin said gardaí went to the scene and found the woman in a very upset state. Garda Eugene Fitzgibbon asked Messou to leave and he refused.