Drunk who threatened to rape the mothers of gardaí spared jail

Accused verbally abused gardaí as 'faggots' and said he hoped they would all get cancer

The accused had 177 previous convictions. File picture

A 48-year-old man verbally abused gardaí as "faggots", threatened to rape the mothers of all gardaí, and expressed the hope they would all get cancer.

That was the insulting outburst from Stephen McNamara, of no fixed address, at the height of a drunken incident in Cork City. He had 177 previous convictions.