Jail for crime gang member who called to wrong house in Cork to collect drug debt 

Defendant called to wrong house in Mitchelstown area and threatened man in his 60s he would burn his house down, court heard

Judge imposed a sentence of three and a half years with the last six months suspended.

A three-year jail term was imposed on a member of a Dublin organised crime gang who called to the wrong house outside Mitchelstown demanding payment of a drugs debt.

Judge Helen Boyle described it as a premeditated crime where the accused drove all the way from Dublin to Cork and threatened the householders that he would burn their house down if a drugs debt was not paid.