{"id":430991,"date":"2026-05-04T00:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/430991\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:59:09","slug":"suspended-sentence-for-limerick-man-who-had-scissors-on-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/430991\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended sentence for Limerick man who had scissors on the street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE PROBLEM wasn\u2019t the scissors, the problem was his drunkenness,\u201d said Judge Patricia Harney when a man came before here for a public order offence and possession of a pair of scissors in a public place.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Colbert, aged 38, of Hyde Avenue, Prospect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> was intoxicated and in possession of an article on Parnell Street, Limerick, on December 11, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Limerick District Court heard that Mr Colbert \u201cwon\u2019t engage meaningfully with the probation service\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting Sergeant Denis Waters detailed that Mr Colbert has over 50 previous convictions, including a firearms offence, an assault, theft and road traffic offences.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Harney said: \u201cHe just doesn\u2019t help himself does he \u2026 Wandering around with an implement like this in his pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/breaking-news\/2072945\/emergency-services-tackle-blaze-at-take-away-restaurant-in-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Emergency services tackle blaze at take-away restaurant in Limerick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The judge said she was willing to accept that they were scissors with a plastic handle, which are for domestic use.<\/p>\n<p>The judge proceeded to convict and sentence Mr Colbert to two weeks\u2019 imprisonment for the scissors, which was suspended for six months.<\/p>\n<p>The man was convicted and fined \u20ac200 for the section 4 public order offence, with four months to pay the fine.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also imposed a bond of \u20ac100 on the man.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor Tom Kiely, representing Mr Colbert, thanked the judge, telling her \u201cI appreciate it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE PROBLEM wasn\u2019t the scissors, the problem was his drunkenness,\u201d said Judge Patricia Harney when a man came&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,1396,44,7250,43],"class_list":["post-430991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-limerick-district-court","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}