Former pupil sues school over supervision after corridor attack

A FORMER pupil has sued a school for not providing adequate supervision after he was beaten up on the way to class.

John Sweeney of Glenville, Co Cork, brought the case against Glenville National School following an incident on October 25, 1995, when he was 11 years old.

Mr Sweeney, now 18, told Cork Circuit Court yesterday: “The bell rang for everyone to go back to class after the 11 o’clock break. We all went into our corridor and I was walking down towards my classroom. I remember being grabbed from behind and hit a few times. I blacked out. My hands started freezing. I remember someone went looking for a teacher.”