Man denies threatening to kill garda

A man accused of threatening to kill a garda he had a "beef" with has claimed the garda misheard him.

Stephen Kennedy (aged 27), of Belcamp Grove, Priorswood claimed in evidence that Sergeant Gerard Maher was walking away from him on October 28, 2006 when he said: "Your word is gold in Coolock and there’s a €100,000 on my head because of this."