No jail for pub glass assault

A man threw a glass across a pub causing injuries to a teenage girl when it smashed and cut her face.

Yesterday, at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, he was given a two-year suspended jail term. Edward Barrett of 6 Mill View Terrace, Dripsey, Co Cork, brought €5,000 in compensation to court for the victim.

Judge Donagh McDonagh made it a condition of the suspension of the sentence he gather another €5,000.