Corkman boasted his solicitor would keep getting his case adjourned until it was struck out

Accused was found drinking alcohol on the street and told garda he was 'a stupid schoolboy just filling his book', court heard

Cornelius Kiely, of 8 Mahon Crescent, Mahon, Cork, appeared at Cork District Court where he pleaded guilty to charges against him and was given a four-month suspended jail term. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 28-year-old man involved in a street disturbance told the investigating garda he would not be showing up in court and that his solicitor would keep getting it adjourned until it was eventually struck out.

The accused also mocked the garda, saying he was like a schoolboy with his notebook.