Man caught with bolt cutter down his pants

A man walking through Cork city with a bolt cutter down his tracksuit pants and tied from a cord around his neck claimed it was a measure he took to relieve pain from a dislocated shoulder.

David Downer, of 14 Old Market Place, Gurranabraher, Cork, gave that explanation when he was stopped by a garda sergeant after midnight.

However, he pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of having the bolt cutter at Liberty Street, Cork, with the intent it would be used in connection with an offence under the Road Traffic Act.