Garda needed help of armed support unit to arrest Cork man carrying hammer, court told

After his arrest, Anthony West said that he did not recognise the state of Ireland and did not recognise the courts

The court heard that Anthony West had post-traumatic stress from his time in the Irish army. File picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins 

Armed support unit gardaí had to assist at the scene of an arrest where a garda looked into a boarded up house and saw a man carrying a hammer at the top of the stairs.

Garda Josephine Falvey told Judge Philip O’Leary that she called to the house at Popham’s Road in Farranree to arrest 48-year-old Anthony West.