Cork court orders footballer to pay compensation over threatening phone calls

Accused is due to sign a contract this month for a semi-professional Welsh soccer club

The man is charged with sending a phone message that was obscene and menacing contrary to the Post Office Act as amended by the Communications Regulations (Amendment) Act.

A 23-year-old man who is due to sign a contract this month for a semi-professional Welsh soccer club was told that he will need to start saving up to compensate a man he threatened in Cork with offensive phone calls.

Issa Kargbo, who had been living at Blackrock Mews, Convent Road, Blackrock, Cork, had the case against him adjourned by Judge Mary Dorgan until March 27, 2023.