Intoxicated man who threatened to cut his father's throat jailed for 18 months

20-year-old whose family have protection order against him jailed over death threats

A young man who came home drunk and wanted his father to fight him later threatened to cut his throat with a carving knife.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a two-year jail term on the 20-year-old, with the last six months suspended, at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.