Man jailed for threat to kill flatmates

A man jailed for five years for threatening to kill French flatmates in Cork told them that terrorist attacks in France and Brussels were excellent things.

Smael Heirouche’s diatribe was recorded by one of the men who was threatened in the Cork flat on November 15, 2016. They had been sharing the flat from October 9 without incident. On the night in question, Heirouche arrived wearing full traditional Muslim clothing and carrying the Quran.

On the recording made on a mobile phone Heirouche was heard to say: “I have no problem with that, if they go to France, just in the subway or somewhere, it doesn’t matter where, and just kill a bunch of people.