Man hit woman with machete during street robbery

A pitiless attacker struck a 50-year-old woman repeatedly in the head with a 2ft machete as he demanded cash. The culprit was yesterday jailed for six years after the victim said he had seen her as nothing more than a walking ATM.

At Cork Circuit Criminal Court, Brian Veale, aged 31, of Dominic St, near Shandon in Cork City, and originally from Dungarvan, Co Waterford, pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery.

Detective Sergeant Vincent O’Sullivan said Sandra Buckley was walking home from University College Cork to Farranree on the night of February 25, 2015, when she noticed someone following her from the top of Shandon St.