Driver told garda she’d be sorry she stopped him

A motorist told a garda she would be sorry for stopping him and when she asked if this was a threat the driver replied: “It is a promise.”

The motorist got a six-month jail sentence yesterday. He was also banned from driving for 12 years.

Patrick Maguire, of 44 St Michael’s Lawn, Mahon, Cork, pleaded guilty to a variety of offences arising out of two incidents.