Man who denied demanding €10k with menaces changes plea

A man denied demanding €10,000 with menaces from a man in north Cork.

However, on the second day of his trial he changed his plea to guilty.

Patrick Moloney, 37, of 13 Seán Heuston Place, Limerick, was put on trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Brian O’Callaghan and a jury of seven men and five women. The accused pleaded not guilty to making an unwarranted demand with menaces from Liam Heffernan at Liscarroll, Co Cork, between May 15 and June 15, 2016.