Bricks fired over dripping water

A man who believed people were trying to kill him became incensed when water dripped on his head from an apartment owner who was watering plants on his balcony.

Yesterday, Kenneth Coomey, aged 52, who lives at Cork Simon Community, was jailed for four months for criminal damage he caused by throwing bricks up at the apartment. Cars parked below were also damaged.

Insp Daniel Coholan told Cork District Court: “On October 20, 2016, at 6.30pm in the evening, a man was on the balcony of his apartment at Camden Wharf watering plants... The excess water from the plants dripped down from the balcony and hit Kenneth Coomey who was sitting on the ground below.