Massive bleed on the brain followed unprovoked headbutt

A man whose unprovoked headbutt on a man on his way home from a night out in Cork City had devastating consequences for the victim and yesterday the judge remanded the accused in custody overnight to consider what sentence to impose.

Kris Collins, of Millhouse, Murphy’s Rock, Old Mallow Rd, Cork, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing serious harm to Sherzad Ismail in Cork on September 7, 2014.

Det Garda Neil Walsh described what happened at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.