Man accused of arsons at house in Cork to apply for bail at High Court

Gardaí objected to bail because of the seriousness of the allegations and fears for the safety of the complainant

Judge Mary Dorgan remanded Dean Aherne in custody until May 6 at Cork District Court. File picture: Larry Cummins

Videos of two arsons were found on the phone of a man who denies charges of setting fire to a house and the car parked outside and on Tuesday it emerged that the accused is to seek High Court bail.

30-year-old Dean Aherne denied responsibility for causing the criminal damage by fire to a house at The Greens, Little Island, County Cork, and an earlier incident where a car was burnt outside the house where a woman lives with her young children. It was alleged that the arsons were carried out because of a drugs debt.