Cork man found guilty of assaulting Limerick neighbour

Judge Marian O’Leary dismissed charges against the man of engaging in threatening behaviour and causing criminal damage, but found the defendant guilty of assault.

 A middle-aged woman described being assaulted by a neighbour in Cork city and claimed that he called her a 'Limerick bitch' and that he’d put a .22 bullet in her head.

Shirley Jackson testified that at 2pm on September 8, 2022, a man in the neighbourhood, John Fitzgerald, was up on the balcony of his apartment: “He was screaming at me. He threatened to slit my throat.