Son was on phone to elderly parents who heard his car hijacking terror in Cork, court told

Judge Dermot Sheehan noted from a psychiatric report that the accused was hearing voices at the time

A sentence of two years with half of it suspended was imposed on the 32-year-old. File picture

The terror of a car hijacking in Cork City was worsened by the fact that the victim had been on speaker phone to his elderly parents at the time and they heard all of the violent drama unfold as a man jumped on the bonnet of their son’s car and kicked in the windscreen.

Detective Sergeant Eamon Feehan gave evidence of the car hijacking by PJ Field at his sentencing hearing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.