Assault victim had to sit exams on his own due to anxiety

A student had to have a special room arranged for doing his Leaving Certificate exams because of the anxiety he had from an unprovoked attack on his way home days beforehand.

Danny Dinan, aged 21, from London, was visiting Mallow, Co Cork, and staying at Forest View, Gould’s Hill, in the town and carried out the attack on the student for no reason. Yesterday, Dinan was jailed for two years and ordered to stay out of Ireland for seven years following his release.

Garda Brian Callanan testified yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that Dinan carried out an unprovoked assault on the student at Summerhill, Mallow, days before his Leaving Cert.