Ex British soldier performed lewd act at train station

A former British Army soldier masturbated in front of a woman near Kent railway station in Cork after first engaging her in conversation.

Ian Mullan, aged 61, pleaded guilty to a charge of engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour arising out of this incident and was given a three-month suspended sentence.

Inspector John Deasy yesterday told Cork District Court that, at 6.30pm on June 20, 2016, the defendant was intoxicated and he approached a female at the railway station, engaged her in conversation and began to masturbate in her presence.