Teenagers get probation for assaults on two men

TWO teenagers involved in serious assaults on young men in Blarney, Co Cork, have been put on probation bonds for a year and ordered to comply with the directions of the probation service.

Judge Aeneas McCarthy made the order following a number of adjournments of sentencing in the case at Cork District Court.

A 17-year-old who cannot be named as he is a juvenile was convicted of carrying a weapon, namely a golf club, assaulting John McCarthy of Ballygibbon, Blarney, and assault causing harm to Brendan Barry of Lyredane, Grenagh, Co Cork. Mr Barry was slashed across the face and is left with a scar to his cheek.