'Aggressive' man threatened to throw shop staff off Cork City bridge into River Lee, court told

The judge imposed a sentence of 10 weeks on the defendant

The two staff members from Spar on MacCurtain Street dealt with an incident there before they ended up crossing the nearby Mary Elmes Bridge where they were threatened. File picture: Larry Cummins

Two men dealing with an incident at a shop on Cork City's MacCurtain Street ended up crossing the nearby Mary Elmes Bridge where they were threatened by a man who said he would throw both of them into the River Lee, acourt has heard.

41-year-old Roy O’Callaghan, with an address at an apartment at Bridgefield Close, Bishopstown, Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of engaging in threatening behaviour.