A 46-year-old man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill two members of the family of murdered Cork student Cameron Blair.
The 20-year-old student was fatally stabbed in Cork city on 16 January 2020.
Noel Barry, of Cherry Tree Road, Togher, Cork, appeared before Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he pleaded guilty to three charges.
He pleaded guilty to a charge that he did, at a place unknown on 4 September 2020, in the course of a phone call threaten Noel Blair that he would cause serious harm to a named member of the Blair family.
He also pleaded guilty to a second charge of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to another named member of the Blair family, both charges contrary to Section 5 of the Non Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997.
Barry pleaded guilty to a third offence of sending a message that was menacing in nature by telephone to a named member of the Blair family, contrary to Section 13 (1) (A) of the Post Office (Amendment) Act 1951.
Judge Seán Ó Donnabhain adjourned the case for sentencing until 20 May.
