Warrant issued for arrest of assailant

A violent city centre incident saw a man kneeling on top of another man on the ground and punching him in the head despite the presence of gardaí.

Warrant issued for arrest of assailant

Sgt Michael Morris said yesterday he pulled the assailant away from the injured party and told him to desist. However, the assailant, Keith O’Shea, aged 24, of 9 Glendara Green, Grenagh, Co Cork, shrugged off the attentions of gardaí, returning to kneel on the injured party and to beat him.

“He had to be pepper-sprayed twice and while it had some effect on him he continued to lash out. He was very strong and aggressive and kept trying to get at the man on the ground,” Sgt Morris testified yesterday at Cork District Court.

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