Shots fired at gardaí as accused fled scene

Tommy Mannah fired shots from a pellet gun at a garda before fleeing the scene and smashing through a tool booth barrier. 

Tommy Mannah was chased by the Gardaí and caught after driving through a tool booth barrier at Watergrasshill. Picture: Cork Courts

A 21-year-old man accused of firing shots from a pellet gun at a garda and firing at officers again as he drove away from the scene, appeared in court by video link from prison on Monday.

It is alleged that the escapade came to an end when he was arrested by armed gardaí after he crashed through a toll booth barrier at Watergrasshill.