Man accused of assaulting couple in Kinsale 'caught red-handed' 

The accused was jailed for breaching his bail conditions having been caught with a knife close to the seaside town

One condition of his bail was not to come within 5km of Kinsale, Bandon District Court heard.

A man accused of a serious alleged assault on a couple in Kinsale was jailed for breaching his bail conditions having been caught with a knife close to the seaside town.

Shane Carroll, aged 51, of 1 St Eltin’s Crescent in Kinsale, Co Cork, was “caught red-handed” by gardaí when he was stopped at a routine checkpoint some 4km from Kinsale town on Thursday.