Man put in fear after Cobh man demanded payment for son's drug debt, court told

The defendant's barrister told the court: 'At the time of the offence he would have been in a manic state as a result of the abuse of alcohol and drugs'

Judge Boyle said she would adjourn sentencing until October 29 but warned the young man at Cork Circuit Criminal Court: 'He is obviously on hazard of a custodial sentence.' File picture: Larry Cummins

A middle-aged man was put in fear by a man who approached him as soon as he stepped out of a shop in the Cobh area and made a demand with menaces for the payment of his son’s drug debt.

Detective Garda Peter Moran testified that on September 30, 2023, Cian Mannix approached the injured party outside Centra at Rushbrook, Cobh, and demanded the payment of over €1,300, being a drugs debt accrued by the man’s son.