British man appears in court in Ireland over threat to kill Labour MP

A British man has appeared in court in Ireland accused of making threats to kill a Labour MP.

Daniel Weavers was charged with making the threat during a phone call with the MP on 18 October, three days after the killing of the Conservative MP Sir David Amess in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

The 41-year-old, originally from England but now living in the Douglas area of Cork, appeared on Sunday before a special sitting of Cork district court.

He did not speak when he was charged by the Garda Síochána – the Irish police force – over making the death threat to a sitting Westminster MP, PA Media reported.

Cork district court did, however, grant Weavers bail with a variety of conditions during the hearing. These included a requirement to abstain from all intoxicants, to surrender his passport to the Garda, and to make no unwarranted communication to police authorities. It also stipulates that he must be contactable on his Irish mobile phone and that he sign in twice a week at a police station in Cork.

Weavers was arrested on Saturday when gardaí conducted a search a residential property in Douglas, Cork.

It is understood that a number of electronic items were seized from the property and that Weavers had been held at Bridewell Garda station before appearing in court. He was charged under section 13 of Ireland’s Post Office Act 1951, as amended in 2007.

Represented by defence solicitor Eddie Burke, Weavers will next appear in court on 12 January.