Man charged over abuse of traffic warden had illegally parked due to low blood sugar, court told

Defendent, who has type-1 diabetes, told the court he had parked at the side of the road and put his hazard lights on as he could feel the effects of low blood sugar coming on

Defendant admitted he was parked illegally and he had told the traffic warden to 'go and get a real job', but denied using foul language. He said he was parked illegally but could not drive off with low blood sugar, which was 'also illegal'.

A Cork man who was charged with verbally abusing a traffic warden who asked him to move on from an illegal parking place had stopped to deal with a low blood sugar event because he had diabetes, a court was told.

Fermoy District Court heard it was alleged that Josh Daly, aged 28, of Roberts Street, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, engaged in threatening and abusive behaviour towards traffic warden John Barry, who had asked him to move his car, which had stopped on a double yellow line on McCurtain Street in Fermoy.