Bail for Bandon man accused of endangering life with his driving on outskirts of Cork City

Charlie Milner has been granted bail at the High Court on conditions after being refused it at Cork District Court

One charge states that on April 1 at the Kinsale Road roundabout he intentionally or recklessly engaged in conduct, namely that he drove his car at Garda Mark Barrett who was on foot, causing him to take avoidance action and colliding with the patrol car door causing damage to the frame and trim which created a substantial risk of death or serious harm to another. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 22-year-old Bandon man accused of two counts of endangering life by his driving on the outskirts of Cork City on April 1 appeared in court by video link from prison.

Charlie Milner of Inisorga, Bandon, County Cork, appeared at Cork District Court where he said that following the refusal of his bail application he had been granted bail at the High Court on conditions.

Judge Mary Dorgan told him that if he met those conditions and got out of jail on that bail he was obliged to appear again at Cork District Court in person on July 9.

Charlie Milner faces several charges, the most serious of which are two counts of endangerment contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.

One charge states that on April 1 at the Kinsale Road roundabout he intentionally or recklessly engaged in conduct, namely that he drove his car at Garda Mark Barrett who was on foot, causing him to take avoidance action and colliding with the patrol car door causing damage to the frame and trim which created a substantial risk of death or serious harm to another.

The second endangerment count refers to the same date at Bloomfield interchange, Douglas, Cork, by allegedly driving the wrong way against a one-way system and colliding with a car being driven by a woman in the correct direction, again creating a substantial risk of death or serious harm.