Poet went 'berserk' with sword on neighbours, court told

A published poet who went "berserk" and attacked his neighbours with a sword because he thought they were talking about him has been remanded on bail for sentence on July 26.

Christopher Cox, aged 48, author of A Crumlin Lad, of North Circular Road, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting his then neighbours Paul O’Neill and Lorraine Dowling on July 22, 2002 at North Frederick Street.