Pair jailed for terrifying attack on woman

Two Cork men beat up a young woman in her home — with one man tying her hands with a cord while his accomplice cut her long hair with a knife as she was lying on the floor.

Brian Kenneally, of 110 Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork, yesterday admitted assault causing harm, falsely imprisoning, and stealing property at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin sentenced him to seven years in prison, with the last 18 months suspended.