Two spared jail after West Cork attack left victim without spleen

Two men who admitted their parts in a cowardly and nasty attack on a man in West Cork, who was kicked on the ground and left so seriously injured that he lost his spleen, yesterday got suspended jail terms.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin referred to the cowardliness of the attack when he dealt with the case at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

The judge referred to the fact that the severity of the spleen injury was initially missed and days later the victim collapsed and the spleen was found to be so damaged that it had to be removed.