Man loses appeal after admitting one assault charge

A man admitted assaulting another man in an unprovoked attack, but totally denied assaulting a woman who came to the victim’s assistance.

Leonard Geasley of 15 St Michael’s Lawn, Mahon, Cork, pleaded guilty to carrying out an unprovoked assault on Gary Cuthbert, 29, on October 3, 2012. Geasley, aged 26, denied assaulting Tracey Cuthbert, the other injured party’s cousin during the same incident.

Testifying at his appeal of two concurrent four-month sentences, Geasley said of being charged with assaulting the young woman that she grabbed him by the shoulders and he just shook himself free without touching her.