Paranoid man thought he was being photographed

A patient waiting at an emergency department was accused by another patient of taking photographs of him but when the man showed there were no such pictures the other man smashed his phone.

Inspector Gary McPolin outlined details of the unusual incident at Cork District Court yesterday where David O’Brien, aged 32, of 2 The Avenue, Gurran Darra, Wilton, Cork, pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk and a danger, engaging in threatening behaviour and causing criminal damage to the other man’s phone.