Knuckle-duster attacker’s case against woman thrown out

A man who was previously convicted of using a knuckle-duster to harm a woman’s face claimed that months later she assaulted him by pushing him when he laughed at her.

Darren O’Shea, aged 18, of 71 Paircanoir, Rathcormac, Co Cork, complained yesterday that Tina Healy, 35, from Lackabeha East, Bartlemy, Fermoy, Co Cork, assaulted him in Dunnes Stores on Merchants Quay.

It emerged during the hearing at Cork District Court yesterday that O’Shea had been previously convicted of assault causing harm to Ms Healy by punching her in the face with a knuckle-duster, leaving her with a facial scar that required 10 stitches.