I was with my wife at time of robbery, claims accused

A Corkman accused of robbing a man in what was described as a vicious lunchtime attack in the city denied the crime and said he was with his wife waiting for his lunch in a café.

Five women and seven men heard evidence in for the trial of Trevor O’Sullivan, aged 38, with an address at Roche’s Buildings, Richmond Hill, Cork. He denies the robbery charge — the sole count against him.

The jury was told the defendant’s brother, Thomas O’Sullivan, aged 31, of 2 Comeragh Close, The Glen, Cork, had pleaded guilty to the same charge, namely robbery from a man at Spring Lane, Blackpool, Cork, on May 24.