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[–] riseagaineire ago 

''Radu Timoc, with an address at Harrington Street in Dublin 8, was arrested yesterday evening for suspected drink-driving.

He was charged with careless driving, failing to give gardai a breath specimen, resisting arrest, making threats to kill or cause serious harm to a Garda and a Garda sergeant, and violent behaviour at Irishtown Garda station.

Garda Ruth Finnegan told Judge John Cheatle at Dublin District Court that Timoc made no reply when charged.

She objected to bail and told the court the threat charge could carry a maximum 10-year sentence.

She said Timoc was driving erratically at Merrion Square north and she observed him mount a kerb as he took a left turn.

Garda Finnegan said Timoc swerved across two lanes and narrowly avoided a cyclist.

She signalled him to stop but after he halted his car “jolted forward again”.

The garda patrol car parked in front of him and he became agitated, the court heard.

It was alleged he refused to be breathalysed and “threatened gardai that he had coronavirus and was in the Romanian mafia”.

The court heard he was originally from Romania but has lived in Ireland for the past 15 years.

She alleged Timoc tried to spit and bite gardai and as a result she believed he was a danger to members of An Garda Siochana and the public.''