Drunk Corkman told Garda he would 'find him and bury him', court told

Judge Colm Roberts said: “It was threatening more than abusive."

Judge Colm Roberts said: "From the point of view of the guards, it is just not acceptable. Just because he has bad luck in his circumstances he cannot take it out on everyone else."

A member of An Garda Síochána was threatened by a drunken man that if went on the beat on his own in Cork city the 34-year-old would “find him and bury him”.

Trevor Connolly of 19 Lotamore Park, Mayfield, Cork, was given a 10-week jail term suspended on condition that he keeps the peace for two years and complies with the directions of the probation service for one year.