Guest disfigured best man at wedding

A wedding guest pursued the best man with a wine bottle, and seriously injured him, disfiguring him for life, after he saw his wife kissing him, a court was told.

Richard Eso, aged 47, had pleaded guilty to causing serious harm, contrary to Section 4 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, to Jonathan Aherne on April 11, 2015 at Cahernane House Hotel, Muckross Rd, Killarney.

Eso also pleaded guilty to the production of a weapon, namely a bottle, on the occasion, his sentencing hearing was told at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee on Tuesday. Nigerian citizen Mr Eso, of Geraldine Road, London, and his wife Rachel, originally from Co Wexford, live in Britain. They were guests at a wedding in Killarney and Mr Eso first met Mr Aherne, the best man, the previous day for drinks in Cork.