Man gets two months for threatening garda in Cork

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A member of An Garda Síochana in Cork was threatened by a Kerry man who told her, “I’m going to get you. Stop hiding behind your uniform.” That was the threat made by Maurice Roche who was sentenced to two months in jail for that threat yesterday.

Judge Olann Kelleher made this prison term concurrent with other sentences totalling six months for other crimes including thefts carried out in Cork city.