A man who was banned from Ireland for 20 years for harassing a woman in Cork declared in court on Wednesday, “I am the king of Ireland”.
The man who was ordered to stay away from the woman wrote a song for her which he sent online and travelled back from the UK in November.
The 37-year-old signed a plea of guilty to a fresh charge of breaching the court order but when he was brought to Cork Circuit Criminal Court by prison officers from the custody area he raised his voice and spoke in abusive terms.
Asked by the registrar if he was affirming his signed plea of guilty, he said: “I don’t understand a fucking word you are saying.”
Then he added: “I am the king of Ireland……