A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to threatening to kill two men and carrying out burglaries in Bishopstown
24 year old Warren McGrath of Curraheen Lawn in Bishopstown appeared before Cork Circuit Criminal Cour today and pleaded guilty to 12 charges
The court heard Gardaí received a call from a member of the public to say that a 17 year old girl had woken up to find McGrath in her bedroom on the 14th of November last year.
Gardaí arrived at the scene and found McGrath attempting to take a car from a driveway...
He threatened to stab the owner of the car and later assaulted four Gardaí in Togher Garda station.
Judge Sean O'Donnabhain said producing a knife and threatening an innocent householder were serious aggravating factors and jailed him for five and half years.
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