Chip shop row over nickname ‘Boo’

A man in a chip shop punched another man to the floor and went away to get a stick to attack him again because he took exception to the injured party calling him by his nickname — Boo.

David Butt, of 16 Thomas Davis St, Cobh, pleaded guilty to charges of engaging in threatening behaviour and producing a stick in the course of a dispute to intimidate or injure.

Inspector Mary King outlined the details of an assault captured on CCTV but said the injured party did not want to proceed with a complaint against Butt.