Man smashed up car with axe, set it on fire, and then watched it burn
An axe was used to smash up a car and the attacker then set it on fire and sat back into his own vehicle to watch it burn and yesterday the culprit was given a three-year suspended jail term for the arson.
Brian Ruddy, aged 51, of 101 Churchfield Avenue, Cork, was sentenced yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he admitted that on June 26 2018 he caused criminal damage by fire to a car and house at Halfway, Ballinhassig, Co Cork, and causing criminal damage to a car with an axe on the same occasion.
