Jail for man who broke ex-partner’s nose with headbutt

A man who headbutted his ex-partner into the face, breaking her nose, was jailed yesterday for five months as the judge described him as a danger to the public.

Patrick O’Sullivan, aged 30, of 43 Ferney Grove, Mahon, Cork, denied the charge of assault causing harm to Joanne Lennon, 30.

Ms Lennon testified that he grabbed her by the neck and by the hair and kneed her into the back and that he also head-butted her thereby fracturing her nose, an injury that required surgery.