Cork man denies assaulting girlfriend

A young woman was caught by the throat and punched twice in the eye by her boyfriend and later that night she called to his home and got into bed with him, it emerged yesterday during a trial.

Christopher Hurley, aged 23, of 3 Brocklesby St, Cork, denied a charge of assault causing harm to Selina Lonergan, aged 20, in the early hours of July 14 2015. Judge Marie Keane convicted him after a trial at Cork District Court yesterday.

The judge said Hurley’s evidence was entirely self-serving and incredible in the extreme.