Man threatened to bite two gardaí during altercation in Cork

Accused appeared to be very agitated and told garda to 'F*** off, get away from me', court heard

Gardaí testified that as they held the accused on the ground he threatened up to 10 times that he was going to bite them.

Two members of An Garda Síochána were repeatedly threatened by a man who was “acting in a strange manner” that he would bite them during an altercation at the Mary Elmes Bridge by Merchants Quay in Cork.

Joel Lonia, of no fixed address, denied resisting arrest or refusing to give his name and he said he was not in possession of weapons and that the two pairs of scissors in his possession were still in the packaging in which he bought them earlier that day in Tesco. He also denied threatening the gardaí.