Trawler assault man is fined

A FISHERMAN who was afraid he’d miss the tide cut a confrontation short on the pier by head-butting another man and yesterday the skipper was convicted of assault.

Judge Thomas Fitzpatrick rejected the claim by Stephen Hyde of Four Winds, Weaver’s Point, Crosshaven, Co Cork, that the injured party was the one who tried to head-butt him and that this misfired to such an extent that he injured himself.

The injured party, Aiden Coniry, is a former partner of Hyde’s sister and the judge noted that there was a domestic background to the incident.