A LETTERKENNY man who threatened to shoot gardai and cut their throats has an “irrational” anger towards the force, his lawyer has said.
Myles Connors, from Neil T Blaney Road, appeared at Letterkenny District Court on a number of charges relating to offences in the town on September 7.
The court heard Garda O’Mahoney was on patrol in the Canal Road area that night when a bottle was smashed in front of his car.
Gardai entered Connors’ home and found him drunk in a living room.
The accused man then threatened to shoot gardai before threatening to “knife them in the jugular” using a broken beer bottle.
He then threw a bottle at a garda patrol car, damaging a door.
Connors has previous convictions for public order offences and has failed to appear in court on a number of occasions.
His solicitor Frank Dorrian said Connors has “issues and demons that he struggles with.”
Mr Dorrian went on: “He is irrational towards gardai and had unfortunate irrational anger and the language used was of a very exaggerated nature.”
Judge Paul Kelly adjourned the case for a probation report.
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