Aggrieved Cork County Council worker 'just flipped' before releasing rats into staff canteen

Judge James McNulty said the offence was 'so uniquely wicked' 

John O’Neill, 61, of Glanduff, Kilbrittain, captured two large rats, drove them to his place of work and released them in an office used as a canteen by management in Kinsale County Council at 8.20am on February 2. Picture: Cork Courts Limited

A disgruntled Cork County Council worker was jailed for six months for the “uniquely wicked act” of releasing live rats into a manager’s office.

John O’Neill, 61, of Glanduff, Kilbrittain, captured two large rats, drove them to his place of work and released them in an office used as a canteen by council management in Kinsale at 8.20am on February 2.