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Man charged with Cork Airport arson attack on vehicles further remanded in custody
@Source: irishexaminer.com
Sergeant Gearóid Davis said forensic analysis was presently going on into the three arsons, where the total estimated damage amounted to €100,000.
Defence solicitor Eddie Burke said at Cork District Court that the accused — who appeared by video link from prison — consented to an adjournment to a summer remand court sitting of Cork District Court on August 6.
Det Sgt Lyons said on the last occasion: “The charges before the court are very serious. Mateusz Stula is charged with three counts of arson. It is alleged that on June 10 at approximately 1.15am, he entered the grounds of Cork Airport Business Park, where he set fire to three vehicles parked there.
“One of these vehicles was a Swissport Airline waste removal tanker, which has an approximate value of €100,000.
“A second vehicle was privately owned and had been parked at the business park while the owner was abroad.
“A third vehicle was a privately owned animal transporter truck which had been dropped to the business park for repairs.
“Owing to the significant monetary value of the property, this case will most likely proceed on indictment, where the likely sentence on conviction could be up to 10 years imprisonment.
“The incidents of arson in this instance have been captured on CCTV footage.”
Eddie Burke, solicitor, said the accused was on prescribed medication but mixing alcohol with this was problematic. He said the accused had been in employment for the two months before the incident at a premises in the Cork Airport Business Park and that the incident before the court was not a matter of him going to the airport in order to carry out this damage.
“For whatever reason, he left his place of work and went to where these vehicles were,” Mr Burke said.
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