Woman attacked ex-husband’s new partner with a baseball bat then smashed up a van

A woman used a baseball bat to attack her ex-husband’s new partner and, on leaving the scene, smashed up a parked van.

Karen O’Sullivan, of 22 Fairfield Rd, Farranree, Cork, was before Cork Circuit Criminal Court for sentencing yesterday on a charge of assault, causing harm, to Tina O’Driscoll at her house in Ashmount Court, Mayfield, Cork.

Judge Patrick J Moran imposed an 18-month suspended jail sentence.