New Age Traveller killer admits threatening Cork garda

Jason Thomas has served time for the manslaughter of a New Age Traveller whose body was found in a slurry tank in Dunmanway in 2007

Sergeant John Kelleher said Jason Thomas was shouting at gardaí and sticking up his middle finger at them. File photo: Dan Linehan

An Englishman who served time for the manslaughter of a New Age Traveller whose body was found in a slurry tank in Dunmanway in 2007 threatened a garda last month.

Jason Thomas pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to a charge of engaging in threatening behaviour at South Terrace, Cork, on December 7, 2020.