Man accused of €550k arson of elderly Cork couple's home faces prospect of trial

A man aged 87 and his 86-year-old wife were watching television in the house at the time of the alleged incident

The inside of the house at Ballincrokig, near Kilcully cemetery, Co Cork, which was destroyed in a suspected arson attack. File picture: David Creedon

A Dubliner accused of arson of a €550,000 house in Cork in April now faces the prospect of trial by judge and jury.

Sergeant John Dineen said the directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions had just come through and they are for trial by indictment at Cork Circuit Criminal Court or for a signed plea of guilty to be entered at district court level for sentencing at the circuit court.