Man pays €2,000 to assault victim

A MAN who beat an Englishman unconscious in Cork city centre was given a two-year suspended prison sentence yesterday after he paid €2,000 to the victim.

Paudi Hayes from Midleton, Co Cork was given the jail term by Judge Patrick J Moran at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, suspended on condition that he would keep the peace for two years.

The judge previously warned him that such horrific behaviour would land him in prison and told him substantial compensation would have to be raised.