Court hears man 'threatened to cut Cork barman open with a knife'

The court heard that 'the suspect admitted stealing a bucket-load of coin approximately put at €400.'

32-year-old John O’Mahony of 120 Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork, faces charges of entering The Welcome Inn on Parnell Place as a trespasser on March 16 to commit a theft and possession of a knife. File picture: Jim Coughlan

A court in Cork has heard allegations from a barman that when he was opening a city centre pub at 7am in the morning he observed signs of a break-in at the premises and he was then approached by a young man who threatened to cut him open.

These were the allegations made against a man appearing before Cork District Court on Wednesday where Judge Mary Dorgan said she was refusing to accept jurisdiction for the case.