A 68-year-old woman has received a 16-week jail term after shouting that Ukrainian refugees living in a Cork hotel were “rapists and criminals”
A 68-YEAR-OLD woman has received a 16-week jail term for causing “a scene” at a hotel accommodating Ukrainian refugees, with a court hearing that she was shouting that those living there were “rapists and criminals”.
The detective garda said he asked Buttimer to desist but she continued, asking to speak to the manager. He said the situation was “escalating” adding “she was making a scene”.Following “numerous attempts” to get her to desist, the detective garda arrested Buttimer, telling the court he had “no option”.Plunkett Taaffe, a solicitor for Buttimer, said his instructions were that his client had asked if those in the hotel had been vetted, as opposed to calling them rapists and criminals.
The judge found both charges, of offensive conduct and of failing to comply with a direction from Gardaí, proven.
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