Bandon man deemed fit to plead to alcohol theft charge but not to attempted murder charge

Gearóid Coughlan is accused of attempting to murder his mother Mary Coughlan at her home in Bandon

The man was remanded in custody at the Central Mental Hospital on the grounds that he is unfit to plead guilty to a charge of attempting to murder his mother. File picture

A Bandon man remanded in custody at the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) on the grounds that he is unfit to plead guilty to a charge of attempting to murder his mother has been found fit to plead to a charge of stealing alcohol from a supermarket.

The accused man said he now wants to plead guilty to that theft offence as soon as possible as he wants to get out of the Central Mental Hospital (CMH).