Cork brothers ran to house of mother's neighbour after he brandished Samurai sword

The defendant's solicitor told the court: “The background here is that there was some sort of disagreement with a neighbour."

The man described as being armed with the sword was not before Cork District Court. File photo: Dan Linehan

Two brothers ran to the scene of a disturbance when they were told that a person living in their mother’s neighbourhood had come out on the street carrying a Samurai sword.

Inspector Jason Lynch described at Cork District Court the incident which occurred in the run-up to Christmas 2020.