Corkman ran across roofs to evade 15 gardaí for 90 minutes, court told

When the defendant was asked why he ran from gardaí, he said it was because he and Garda Ken O’Brien “can’t stand each other”.

Garda O’Brien said the 28-year-old climbed out the window of his house, got up on the roof and ran across the roofs of six or seven neighbouring houses. File photo

A man ran across the roofs of several houses to get away from arresting gardaí and when warned that the armed response unit were coming to the scene, he said: “Bring them along”.

Garda Ken O’Brien said Shane Morrissey of 26 Townsend Place, Cork, was extremely difficult to deal with and that when he was told he was being arrested on June 5 at his home he told Garda O’Brien to "f*** off".