Teen and uncle guilty of assault with hockey sticks

A teenager and his uncle were convicted yesterday of clobbering a man over the head with hockey sticks after he had driven into a suburban cul de sac hoping to find a bit of gardening work.

Judge Olann Kelleher said that, after hearing a couple of hours of evidence on Wednesday and more yesterday, he had no hesitation convicting John O’Sullivan Jnr, 18, of 11 Willow Park, Douglas, Cork, and his uncle, John O’Sullivan Snr, 29, of 48 Castletreasure Grove, Donnybrook Hill, Cork, on the charge of assault causing harm.

John O’Sullivan Jnr claimed that he was not there at all that morning and said he was at his grandmother’s house from about 9am until lunchtime. His grandmother corroborated this evidence.