Sentencing adjourned for man who smashed patrol van

Sentencing of a man who smashed a patrol van with a lump hammer and produced knives in a Garda station, hoping he would be shot dead, was adjourned yesterday for a psychiatric report.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin remanded Finbarr Savage, aged 43, of 119 Glenamoy Lawn, Mayfield, Cork, in custody until June 13 at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Sinéad Behan, defending, asked for free legal aid to be extended for a psychiatrist’s report on the accused.