A firefighter allegedly threatened to shoot a fellow fireman in the head in a row over what radio station to put on, a court has heard.
Karl Finlay (36), Oldbawn Way, Tallaght, has pleaded not guilty to threatening to kill or cause serious harm to Derek Dowling at Donnybrook fire station, Donnybrook, Dublin, on April 5th, 2011.
Mr Dowling told Shane Costelloe, prosecuting, that he and Mr Finlay were on kitchen duties together and that Mr Finlay became “irate” when Mr Dowling changed the station on the kitchen radio.
He said Mr Finlay came across the kitchen and was screaming at him; he came right up to his face, “squared up” to him and put his head down on his forehead. Mr Dowling told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court the two men were then separated by firefighter JJ O’Callaghan. Mr Finlay left but came back to the kitchen an hour later.
The trial continues.