Cork man terrified family after trying to hit himself with hatchet outside their home

A 25-year-old Cork man terrified his own family when he turned up outside their home and tried to hit himself in the head with a hatchet. Matters became even more frightening for them when he climbed over the back wall, banged on a window and started cutting his wrist.

The young man’s mother wiped tears from her eyes as she gave victim impact evidence at his sentencing hearing.