Father and son fined for clamper assaults

A father and son who were involved in an incident where a car clamper had his hand fractured near their place of business were both convicted and fined yesterday.

John O’Brien, aged 62, and Jason O’Brien, aged 26, of Clynoe, Ballycurreen, Airport Rd, Cork, were each fined €1,500 for assault causing harm to Wieslaw Barczak, at Tramore Rd commercial park on Jun 12, 2012. Both defendants pleaded guilty to the assault halfway through their trial at Cork District Court yesterday.

John O’Brien denied a second count of making a false report against Mr Barczak. O’Brien told gardaí he was knocked to the ground by the clamper during another incident which was fully covered by CCTV. It appeared to show O’Brien falling down without any contact between the parties.