Judge gives woman six months for racially abusing security staff in Cork City shop

Her solicitor told the court: 'When she is not sober, things deteriorate.'

Judge Dorgan imposed a total sentence of six months on the accused. The judge said if the young woman appeals the sentence a condition of the bail will be that she stays out of all shops in the city centre. File photo

A woman verbally abused a member of security staff at a Cork city centre store as a “black c***” and now she has been jailed for six months arising out of the incident.

Kelsie Flynn, aged 26, of no fixed address pleaded guilty to charges of engaging in threatening behaviour and being obstructive to a garda who arrived to investigate the matter.