Woman tried to cause trial collapse

A young woman promised a man ‘relaxers’ to come into a judge and jury trial and shout the word ‘rat’ at her boyfriend in the hope that this would cause the collapse of the case.

She confessed to this crime yesterday and also admitted a related criminal damage charge where she organised for someone to spray graffiti on the front wall of the courthouse on Washington St, Cork, including the words: “Karma is a c***. [name of man on trial] rat.”