Man admits stealing perfume from Cork store and threatening staff with broken bottle

Accused was captured on CCTV taking two bottles of fragrance to a total value of €207 and threatening security staff with the neck of a smashed bottle outside Brown Thomas, court heard

Accused charged with having a broken bottle, engaging in threatening behaviour, being drunk and a source of danger to himself or others, and theft. File picture: Joleen Cronin

A middle-aged man threatened Brown Thomas staff with the neck of a broken bottle after stealing two bottles of perfume from the store on St Patrick’s Street.

Judge Joanne Carroll jailed Ian O’Sullivan, of Cork Simon Community, for four months for his offences on June 29 when he pleaded guilty at Cork District Court by video link from prison.