Man tried to intimidate another by calling him a 'f***ing rat' in Cork courthouse

The man has been convicted of interfering with a witness in a case in an attempt to pervert the course of justice

The incident is said to have happened in the public hallway of the Anglesea Street courthouse. File picture; David Creedon / Anzenberger

A young man sitting in a courthouse with his barrister ahead of a legal consultation was approached by another man who called him a rat in an attempt to intimidate him.

Now the man who made that comment, 21-year-old Aaron Bohane of Springfield Meadows, Midleton, County Cork, has been convicted of interfering with a witness in a case in an attempt to pervert the course of justice.