Motorist kicked in head by man trying to rob phone

A young motorist who was about to get out of his car in the early evening in Cork City was kicked repeatedly in the head by a man trying to rob his phone.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said yesterday: “This is a type of offence that is all too common in the city and it must be deterred.

“No matter how common it is, it is not normally married to this level of gratuitous violence. Normally there is a jostling around and the violence is not as great.