Man gets eight months after witness was threatened not to give evidence

A witness to a violent disorder after a christening in Cork was threatened not to give evidence by one of the men involved in the affray.

Danny O’Brien, aged 25, of 10 Brandon Court, Dillon’s Cross, Cork, was jailed for eight months yesterday for his crimes.

O’Brien was involved in the first violent disorder where a woman was kicked in the head and he also was the one who threatened the witness. O’Brien also pleaded guilty to a third unrelated incident where he spat in the direction of gardaí claiming he was HIV positive.