Attacker gives soldier €3,000 after Youghal stabbing

A MEMBER of the Irish Army who was permanently scarred after he was stabbed in the neck in Youghal has been compensated with €3,000 by his attacker.

Stephen Ring, 27, previously from Gort Aoibhinn, Youghal, Co Cork, was given a four-year suspended jail sentence by Judge Patrick J Moran at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Ring pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Graham Gillman at O’Brien’s Place, Youghal, Co Cork, in November 2009.