Man charged with brandishing knife while trespassing at shop in Cork

“I don’t accept the charge. I don’t identify as Niall O’Brien,” the defendant said.

The court heard the defendant lives next door to the storehouse of the Quay Co-Op. File photo

Gardaí yesterday objected to bail being granted to a 50-year-old man who allegedly pulled a knife from a holster on his belt when trespassing at the storehouse for the Quay Co-Op in Cork.

Garda Cian Foley arrested a defendant, named on the charges as Niall O’Brien who lives at an apartment at 19/20 Cove St, Cork. The accused represented himself – declining the offer of a solicitor under the Free Legal Aid scheme – and said that the name on the charges was incorrect and that his name, as per his birth cert, was Cornelius James O’Brien.