Train passengers alerted gardaí about man with steak knife

The judge said her inclination was not to accept jurisdiction, but she said she would do so, even though the matter was 'at the upper end'

Gardaí arrived at the platform and found that the man who allegedly had the knife was the last person in the carriage. File picture: Larry Cummins

Passengers on a train alerted gardaí about a man in a carriage who was clearly in possession of a steak knife.

That was the allegation outlined by Sergeant Gearóid Davis at Cork District Court in a case against 59-year-old Richard Glavin, of Ashmount Court, Silversprings, Cork.