Man jailed for assault swears at judge in court

A man who frightened an elderly woman in her home and then assaulted a garda at the scene was jailed for four months yesterday.

Stephen Nugent pleaded guilty to the crimes in Cork District Court, but when Judge Olann Kelleher sentenced him, the 38-year-old said repeatedly: “Fucking bullshit, boy.”

Defence solicitor David McCoy described the incident as having a domestic background and said Nugent had moved away from the area where it happened.