Prison term for ‘kung fu’ attack on garda suspended

A darkly dressed man rambling along the middle of the road at night gave a garda a kung fu-style kick to the chest and yesterday a four-month jail sentence imposed previously was suspended after evidence that he had attended alcohol rehabilitation.

Keith Rock, 38, of 10 Woodside, Ballinora, Waterfall, County Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to a charge of assault causing harm to Garda Hilary Daly.

Sergeant Pat Lyons of Ballincollig Garda Station outlined the background to the case at Cork Circuit Appeals Court yesterday.