Cork man on week-long bender told wife ‘I’ll torch house’

An East Cork man on a week-long drunken bender texted his wife that he would torch the house if she did not bring him drink and he later carried out an assault by punching her in the forehead and face.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said that the accused had benefitted from a previous remand in custody and had been at the time of the crime a menace to himself and a danger to others. He has since shown signs of insight and remorse, the judge said.

Gerard Harrington, who is aged around 40, from Valley View, Bilberry, Midleton, Co Cork, was given a two-year suspended jail term yesterday.