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An inmate who threatened a correctional officer in Cork prison with the words: “With one phone call, it will end” was sentenced today to an additional 10 months in jail for making the threat.
Gavin Ryan (30) of Mount Suir Apartments, Gracedieu, Co Waterford, yesterday pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting Director of Prisons Tom Curtis on January 28 at Cork Prison on Rathmore Rd, and A second charge that he made a threat. to the officer, with the intention that he believed it would be carried out, to kill him or cause him serious harm.
Judge Olann Kelleher said in the Cork District Court: “This is a very serious matter. The most serious charge is that of threatening to kill the prison director saying that with a phone call he would leave. “
The judge imposed a five-month prison term on Ryan and a simultaneous sentence of 10 months for threatening Mr. Curtis with death.
Judge Kelleher said the court had to be aware of the seriousness of a prisoner threatening the life of a correctional officer.
Sergeant John Kelleher said the prisoner would be taken to court to appear that morning. Ryan was told to wait in his cell and that the prisoner escort unit would contact him when it was time for the trip to court.
“This did not sit well with the defendant, and he said, ‘One phone call will be over,'” said Sergeant Kelleher. “He pushed Chief Officer Curtis with both hands.”
The sergeant said the injured party had to remove his shirt as there was saliva from the defendant from the altercation. However, Sergeant Kelleher said of the defendant: “He did not spit on him.”
The defendant had previous convictions for assault causing harm and threat of death, as well as for aggravated robbery.
Eddie Burke, attorney, said: “He’s a 30-year-old Kilkenny man. His mother tragically died last year. He had a very serious accident in 2018 and suffered a brain hemorrhage. He’s been out of trouble since 2014. ”
Mr. Burke said that the defendant pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and had already been punished in terms of loss of privilege in prison. This included not having a television for two weeks, the attorney said.
Referring to the loss of access to television, Judge Kelleher said before sentencing that this would be the least of Ryan’s sentences for what he described as a serious matter.
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