Man who was drinking alcohol in Cork garda station car park given suspended sentence

Court hears man had serious alcohol problem but has since turned his life around

The man pleaded guilty to obstructing a garda, damaging the Bridewell and being drunk and a danger, and engaging in threatening behaviour.

A 40-year-old man went drinking in the car park of Cork’s main garda station and followed this with a visit to the Bridewell where he caused damage to a window and threatened to kill a garda.

Judge Philip O’Leary said: “This is a serious matter”, but he imposed a total jail term of five months which he suspended in light of the changes in the defendant’s life since these events two years ago.