Cork man who scared mother with knife tells her he loves her during court appearance

Man charged under the Domestic Violence Act with breaching an interim order by putting his mother in fear

The man is remanded in continuing custody until September 26.

A man who is in custody on a charge of producing a knife at the family home and putting his mother in fear spoke up today in Cork District Court by video link from prison to say he missed his mother terribly.

He also said that he now realised that drugs were the cause of his problems and that this was a lesson he had learned while in prison.

The man cannot be named as he is charged under the Domestic Violence Act with breaching an interim order by putting his mother in fear.

The alleged incident that gave rise to this charge and the related count of producing a knife, occurred at the family home on August 3.

Judge Mary Dorgan informed the young man that his mother was present in court today.

As the brief hearing was concluding, the 23-year-old said through the video link, “I love you, mum.” 

Diarmuid Kelleher solicitor asked the defendant to keep in contact with him from prison as he had been doing, with regular phone calls from the prison.

The young man complimented his solicitor on the work he was doing on his behalf.

Judge Dorgan remanded him in continuing custody until September 26 to allow time for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.