Resident threw microwave and drenched Cork homeless hostel's computers with hose

The accused is said to have also used a firehose in the reception, damaging all of the hostel’s computers and CCTV equipment

Manager of St Vincent’s hostel, Una Deasy, testified that extensive water damage was done by the fire hose being directed into the main administrative area at the reception. File photo

A resident at St Vincent’s hostel in Cork threw a microwave oven at a perspex screen in the reception and then aimed a water-hose in the area causing over €11,000 damage to computer and other equipment.

The man who was resident at the hostel on Anglesea Terrace in Cork at the time of the midnight incident failed to show up in Cork District Court for the case against him.