Cork man caught with knife in early hours told gardaí it was for 'gutting mackerel'

Man also accused of using brick to smash window of car and on another occasion a concrete block to break apartment window

Jason Nagle, with an address at Chapel Street, off Shandon Street, Cork, was jailed for eight months at Cork District Court. Picture: Larry Cummins

A 45-year-old man used bricks to smash his way into a car and to break the window of an apartment and when caught with a knife shortly before six o’clock in the morning he claimed it was for gutting mackerel.

Now he has been jailed for eight months at Cork District Court.