Young Cork addict gets six years for trying to hijack couple's car at knifepoint

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said the man's behaviour at the car park on Grand Parade was "violent and entirely bizarre."

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin sentenced the young man to a total of six years in jail yesterday. File picture: iStock

A young man carried out an attempted knifepoint hijacking of a couple’s car as they were about to drive home after a meal in Cork city centre last July and they were terrified by the crime.

Garda Mary Enneguess said the young man told the woman to get back in the car and warned that he would stab her boyfriend if she didn’t. It was only after she faked having a panic attack that the culprit ran away.