Cork men refused bail over 'crime spree', including assaulting garda, and burning out stolen car
A Deliveroo driver was knocked off his moped in Blackrock and received serious leg injuries, court told. File picture: Denis Minihane
A member of An Garda Síochána was allegedly assaulted, a Garda vehicle rammed, a Deliveroo worker rammed off his moped and seriously injured and a stolen car burnt out at a loss of €15,000 and on Friday two men were refused bail in what the judge described as a "crime spree".
Adrian Long, 26, of 14 Willowbank, Upper Fair Hill, Cork, was refused bail by Judge Mary Dorgan and he was remanded in custody until December 12.
Evan Crean, 22, of 69 St Colmcille Road, Gurranabraher, Cork, also applied for bail through the same solicitor, Frank Buttimer. Again Judge Dorgan refused bail and remanded him in custody to the same date.
Mr Long faces charges of causing criminal damage, theft, attempted theft, driving a stolen car and assault causing harm to a member of An Garda Síochána.
Mr Crean faces the same charges with one exception — he is not charged with assaulting the officer.
Detective Garda Mark Durcan said gardaí were opposed to bail because of the seriousness of the allegations involved.
He said a jeep-type vehicle was stolen on October 21 at Courtbrack, Blarney, and on October 31, Adrian Long and Evan Crean went on a rampage in it.
Det Garda Durcan said Mr Long stole items from a vehicle in Whitethorn Avenue in Ballincollig after the window of the vehicle had been removed.
Bank cards stolen from Woodbine in Ballincollig were late used in Hollyhill. Binoculars were also stolen.
After 6am, a car parked at Ballyhooley Road was smashed in an attempt to get into it.
By 10am, two men entered Tesco in Mallow to buy a bottle of Southern Comfort but it was too early to sell alcohol. They threw €50 on the counter and left with it.
There was a break-in to a car at Woodville, Glanmire, at about 10.45pm.
Ten minutes later in Little Island, an off-duty member of An Garda Síochána observed two men trying cars. One of them was sitting in a Ford Focus outside a house when the member approached and identified himself as being a garda.
“A struggle ensued and he received a number of blows to the body and face from Mr Long. He was unable to attend work for a number of days due to his injuries.
“A Deliveroo driver was knocked off his moped in Blackrock and received serious leg injuries.
“Later on the north side of Cork city, the jeep took off at speed when gardaí indicated for it to stop. The vehicle rammed the Garda car on two occasions in the Mallow Road area of Cork. The Garda car was too damaged to continue before the stolen car was driven to Carrignavar where it was later found burned out. The loss to the owner was around €15,000,” Det Garda Durcan said.
Detective Garda Pat Barry gave similar evidence in the objection to bail being given to Evan Crean. He described the Deliveroo driver collision as a ramming.
So far, no specific charges have been brought in relation to that incident although it was described during the objection to bail for both defendants.
Both detectives said by their own admission, both defendants admitted being addicted to drugs.
