Limerick man broke saddle off bicycle and used it to smash car on day of prison release

Accused became addicted to drugs as a teenager after his brother drowned on family holiday in Spain, Cork District Court heard

Accused was charged with causing criminal damage to the car and bicycle, interfering with the mechanism of a car, being drunk and a danger and obstructing a police officer. Picture: Larry Cummins

A 35-year-old Limerick man who broke the saddle off a bicycle and used it to smash up a car the day he was released from prison fell into drug addiction as a teenager following the drowning of his brother on a family holiday in Santa Ponsa.

Dean Cleary, of 42 Fairway Crescent, Garryowen, Limerick, was jailed for another five months by Judge Olann Kelleher at Cork District Court for causing the criminal damage to the bicycle and the car.