Man accused of threatening to set hitchhiker on fire facing 'petrol bomb' charge

Court hears accused 'got very aggressive during the journey towards the alleged injured party and said he wanted money for giving him a lift'

The man is alleged to have been hitchhiking to Lahinch out of Ennis when he was picked up and later threatened.

A 30-year-old Ennis man who is accused of threatening a to set alight a hitchhiker if he did not pay money for his lift now faces a ‘petrol bomb’ charge.

At Ennis District Court, a book of evidence was served on Brian Joyce of St Enda's, Beechpark, Ennis, Co Clare, concerning the incident on August 13 last.