Court told how Cork gardaí saved drunken young man from drowning

“He is married and his wife is keeping an eye on him,” the defence solicitor said.

Sergeant Pat Lyons told Cork District Court how Jonathan O’Driscoll had to be rescued as he began to fall into a river after jumping over a wall to get away from gardaí. File photo: Dan Linehan

A young man hopped over a wall to get away from gardaí but then relied on them to rescue him as he put himself in danger of falling into a river.

That was the scenario described by Sergeant Pat Lyons at Cork District Court in the case against Jonathan O’Driscoll of Dunmore Gardens, Knocknaheeny, Cork.