Margaret Buttimer allegedly assaulted while praying in prison cell

Psychiatric report ordered for Cork woman accused of public order offences at a hotel accommodating Ukrainian refugees

Margaret Buttimer at a previous sitting of Bandon District Court. Picture: Larry Cummins

A psychiatric report has been ordered for a grandmother accused of public order offences at a hotel accommodating Ukrainian refugees, with a judge also hearing she was allegedly assaulted while on remand in Limerick Prison when praying in her cell.

Margaret Buttimer, of no fixed abode but with a previous address in Bandon, appeared before Judge James McNulty in Bandon District Court on two public order charges (Section 5 and Section 8) arising out of an incident at a hotel in the town on January 26 last.