Retiree found lying on footpath threatened to 'throttle' West Cork gardaí

When medical staff arrived to give him treatment, he obstructed them and "called them rude names".

In a letter of apology provided to the judge and prosecuting gardaí the retired aircraft technician apologised "profusely" for what he said was his "totally unacceptable" behaviour. File image

A retired aircraft technician has been fined after pleading guilty to verbally abusing gardaí and ambulance staff after he had been found lying on a footpath in Kinsale.

John Deering, aged 67 and with an address at 61 Kylemore, Ballyfermot in Dublin 10, pleaded guilty to three public order charges relating to the early hours of July 26 last.