A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with an incident where an aersol spray was set alight inside a Garda station and thrown at an officer. Paulias Kazlauskas has been charged with criminal damage to a hatch in the public office at Togher Garda station in Cork following the incident at about 1.50am on Saturday morning. It is alleged Mr Kazlauska, from Lithuania, had just been released from garda custody at Togher Garda station following his arrest earlier in the night for being drunk and disorderly when the incident happened. It is also alleged Mr Kazlauskas tried to throw a punch at a garda and then smashed the glass in the hatch in the public office at the station and flung a lighted can of deodorant at the hatch. Det Garda Pat Connery gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution and told the special sitting that Mr Kazlauskas made no reply to the charge when it was put to him after caution.

Source: The Irish Times June 09, 2019 09:56 UTC