Soccer player who sent threatening texts to young man in Cork avoids prison

Texts threatened that another person would do violence: 'He would come into work and kill you in front of everyone.'

Issa Kargbo had been hoping to avoid a conviction in case it would interfere with future international travel in the course of his sports career. Picture: Larry Cummins

Threatening texts sent by a soccer player to a young man working at a premises in Cork frightened him so much that he left the job, a court in Cork has heard.

Killian McCarthy, solicitor, said that Issa Kargbo had been hoping to avoid a conviction in case it would interfere with future international travel in the course of his sports career. He said the offence dated back more than three years.