Prosthetic leg man kicked garda in the chest

A garda suffered a flying kick to the chest resulting in a heavy impact from an assailant’s metal prosthetic leg as he arrested the man for trying to assault his own girlfriend.

Kenneth Parker, with an address at a flat at Charlemount Terrace, Wellington Road, Cork, was jailed for three years yesterday with the third year suspended.

Parker pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to Garda Alan Mooney on December 23, 2014.