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

Daniel Weavers, 41, arrested following search of residential property in Cork

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.