Covid cough threat case ‘unsustainable’ as woman who made complaint can't be found

The court heard a heated argument over social distancing allegedly developed between him and the woman, who accused him of being too close to her.

The case is among the first alleged Covid-19 related incidents. File picture: iStock

A prosecution of a man accused of saying he had Covid-19 and that he would cough on a now uncontactable woman in a row about social distancing is unsustainable, a court has been told.

Marko Topol, a Hungarian national living in Dublin, had been charged with threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour at a bank in Dublin on March 28 last year. The case is among the first alleged Covid-19 related incidents.