‘Menace to society’ jailed for six years

A “menace to society” will start a six-year jail term today for a violent assault on his teenage girlfriend in what the judge described as a despicable offence by a coward and a bully.

Gino Delaney, aged 19, of 4 Plunkett Road, Ballyphehane, Cork, went on trial on Tuesday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on a charge of assault causing harm to the 17-year-old girl on December 7, 2014. On the second day of his trial yesterday, he changed his plea to guilty.

Detective Garda James Nagle said: “She called to her boyfriend’s home late at night. She had been admitted by the defendant. They had gone to his bedroom. During her time in his bedroom an argument arose over an ex-girlfriend.