Corkman accused of putting his grandmother in fear disrupts courthouse for three hours

The defendant told the judge: 'I did bang the door. I was just looking for my tobacco.'

Judge Olann Kelleher refused bail and remanded the 26-year-old in custody for a week. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Cork man accused of shouting insults at his grandmother and throwing things around her home—putting her in fear—spent more than three hours banging on a cell door in the courthouse causing disruption in Courtroom 1 of Cork District Court throughout other court cases.

Before his application for bail was heard, Judge Olann Kelleher asked the 26-year-old if he was the one who was banging on the door for over three hours disrupting other cases.