Accused with 216 previous convictions blames drink spiking for latest offence

Jonathan Murphy was charged with getting into a parked car to interfere with it and kicking wing mirror off another 

The accused claimed his drink had been spiked.

A Cork man with 216 previous convictions blamed his latest offences on someone spiking his drink.

Jonathan Murphy was charged recently with getting into a parked car to interfere with it and kicking the wing mirror off another — but he said he believed that someone slipped something into his drink which caused him to act the way he did.