21-year-old spared jail over disturbance at family home

Accused had lunged aggressively at his father's partner, breaching a protection order, following row over drugs

The accused's solicitor said he was no longer taking illegal drugs.

A 21-year-old man who caused a disturbance at his family home shouted at his father and insisted that he would drive him into town to get drugs.

This scenario was described by Sergeant John Kelleher at an in-camera hearing of Cork District Court to deal with a breach of a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act, where there is a prohibition against identification of the parties.