Cork man smeared walls of prison cell with faeces and used it to write his name on wall

Accused was detained under Public Order Act when he caused the criminal damage at Mayfield Garda Station, court told

Mayfield Garda Station: ‘Roy’ had been written on the wall of a cell in faeces, court heard. Picture: Denis Minihane

A 31-year-old Cork man arrested under the Public Order Act and taken to the cell of a Garda station reacted by smearing the walls of the cell with faeces and even using it to write his own name on a wall.

On Wednesday at Cork District Court, Roy Cambridge, of 178 Silversprings Court, Mayfield, Cork, was jailed for six months for causing this criminal damage.