Cork man who called gardaí rats, pigs, scumbags and tramps during various incidents in city avoids jail

In one incident, there was white foam coming from defendant's mouth as he shouted: 'F*** ye pigs', court heard

In one incident, accused spat at a Garda patrol van and became abusive towards gardaí, court heard. File picture Denis Minihane.

A young man who was repeatedly abusive to gardaí during different incidents in Cork City, calling them rats, pigs, scumbags and tramps, has been given a suspended jail term.

Judge Philip O’Leary said at Cork District Court it appeared Cian Garvin, who is aged around 20, of St Vincent’s hostel, Anglesea Terrace, Cork, “cannot help himself from getting into further difficulty”.