Men’s teeth were knocked out in unprovoked assaults in Cork

Two men had their teeth knocked out by a young man in the course of unprovoked assaults in Mahon and Passage West.

Judge Olann Kelleher said that dental work was going to cost one of the victims €5,000 and that the culprit, Paul Murphy, aged 20, would want to be coming up compensation if he was to avoid a jail term.

Judge Kelleher gave that warning at Cork District Court yesterday to Murphy, who had addresses at 26 Ravensdale Road, Mahon, Cork, and at 8 Carrigmahon, Monkstown, Co Cork.