Man fined €350 at Cork court for spending a penny in public 

Spending a penny in public cost a man €350 last week in court. 

Arthur Faulkner of Adelaide Place, St Luke’s, Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge which stated that on May 24 at Patrick’s Hill, Cork/Coburg Street/MacCurtain Street junction, where the public habitually pass, he did commit an act, to wit, urinate flagrantly against a prominent commercial premises in such a way as to offend modesty.

The incident involving the 35-year-old occurred at around 11pm that night.

When he appeared last week at Cork District Court on this charge his solicitor Frank Buttimer said he was pleading guilty.

“He apologises. He is putting his hands up. He knows it is something he should not have done,” Mr Buttimer said.

Judge Mary Dorgan imposed the fine on the accused.