Accused ‘went into Garda station with knives & made threats’

A MAN with profound mental health problems walked into the public office of a Garda station with four knives, saying “he wished to harm Caucasian males and himself” it has been alleged.

- BY TOM TUITE

'STAND-OFF' Simon Naidu was kept in custody

The incident in Blanchardstown, Dublin, on Tuesday triggered a five-hour “standoff” with armed gardai and negotiators, a sitting of Dublin District Court heard.

Former landscaping foreman, Simon Naidu, 30, with an address at Delhurst, Ongar, and lately residing at a charity-provided apartment in Clonsilla, was charged with four counts of possessing offensive weapons.

He was refused bail when he appeared before Judge Karen Dowling last night. She requested he receive urgent medical and psychiatric attention in custody.