Hammer attack man sentencing adjourned

Comments which appeared on an internet forum on darts resulted in a man producing a hammer and attacking a man during an argument in the early hours of the morning.

Yesterday, the sentencing judge warned the guilty party that he had come within minutes of going to jail.

Ian Cullinane, aged 33, of 3 Briarwood, Old Youghal Rd, Cork, was before Cork Circuit Criminal Court for sentencing yesterday. Cullinane pleaded guilty to a charges of assault causing harm to Colin Walshe on June 18, 2013, and production of a hammer during the assault.