Man appears in court charged with threatening MP

Suspect appears in court in Cork after arrest in Ireland

The man is reported to have threatened a Labour MP (iStock/Getty Images)

A British man has appeared in court in Ireland accused of threatening an MP.

Daniel Weavers, who is originally from England but now resides in the Douglas area of Cork, was brought before a special sitting of Cork District Court on Sunday.

The 41-year-old is charged with making a menacing message via phone on 18 October. The offence runs contrary to section 13 of Ireland's Post Office Act 1951, as amended in 2007.

The court heard Mr Weavers made no reply when the charge was put to him by gardai in custody. He was granted bail with conditions including: a requirement to abstain from all intoxicants; to surrender his passport to gardai; to make no unwarranted communication to police authorities; that he be contactable on his Irish mobile phone; and that he sign on twice a week at a garda station in Cork.

It is understood the person targeted by the alleged menacing message is a Westminster MP.

He was arrested on Saturday as gardai executed a search warrant at a residential property in Douglas. During the course of the search a number of electronic items were seized.

The accused was held at Bridewell garda station in the city where he was charged ahead of Sunday's court appearance.

The case was adjourned to 12 January when directions from the director of public prosecutions will be given.

PA