Former Israeli soldier who threatened to kill Cork off-licence owner avoids jail

The suspended jail sentence also covered the offence of intimidating a security man at the English Market in Cork City on five separate dates in April last year. File picture: Clare Keogh

A former Israeli soldier who threatened to kill the proprietor of an off-licence and burn down his premises has been given an 18-month suspended jail term.

The accused man, Ronen Tollman, 34, took exception to the fact that a complaint was made against him for stealing a bottle of wine and he returned to the premises several weeks later and made the threats.