Blind woman denies using expletives

A blind woman accused of shouting expletives as children played nearby denied the charge and said that it was a member of An Garda Síochána who used foul language to her.

The public order case continued for an hour and a half yesterday at Cork District Court, at the end of which Judge David Waters convicted 64-year-old Marian Kane on charges of engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and failing to leave the scene of a disturbance when directed by gardaí.

“I have never used foul language, your honour. I would not be abusive or anything like that. This is just absurd to me to hear guards saying I was using foul and abusive language,” said Ms Kane of Sunvalley Court, Sunvalley Drive, Cork.