Accused in drunken brawl told gardaí: 'Wait til ye see me on the street'

Judge Olann Kelleher ordered community service instead of jail time: 'The difficulty in this case is that he is out acting the hard man'

The accused's solicitor said he was so intoxicated he could not remember his bad behaviour.

A man fighting another man in Cork city later threatened gardaí saying “Wait til ye see me on the street” and he also threatened the man he was fighting, calling him a rat and that the word would get out in Cork Prison.

Alan Raymond, 22, of 48 Aisling Lawn, Ballincollig, Co Cork, made these threatening comments during an incident earlier this year.