Gardaí told they’d have throats cut

Gardaí were threatened they would have their throats cut and get shot in the head when they went to help a man to get medical care from an ambulance crew. Paul Woods, aged 44, of Cork Simon community, was jailed for two months yesterday for his threatening comments to An Garda Síochána.

Sergeant John Kelleher said that at approximately 5.30pm on Sunday, January 27, gardaí Conor Cronin and Paul Dromey attended responded to a call to attend at Parnell Place where it was alleged that a man had fallen on the footpath.