Assault claim in bouncy castle row

A bouncy castle supplier who was collecting one from a Communion party claimed the man hiring it insisted it had not worked properly and ended up assaulting him by catching him by the neck at the height of a dispute.

Michael McCarthy of Cork Bouncy Castles testified at Cork District Court yesterday that he was assaulted by Conor Flanagan outside his home at 10 Glenheights Place, Dublin Hill, Cork.

Judge Olann Kelleher found the prosecution facts proven in the case but having done so, he gave Flanagan, aged 35, the benefit of a dismissal under the Probation of Offenders Act.