Garda saw addict attack man with scissors at roundabout

An off-duty detective witnessed an assault in the middle of a busy roundabout shortly before lunchtime where the attacker tried to stab the victim in the head with a scissors.

Unusually, the assault was prosecuted on the basis of what Detective Garda Niall Hayes witnessed and in the absence of a complaint from the injured party.

Gary Sheehan, aged 25, of 64 Hazel Rd, Togher, Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm and producing a scissors during the assault.