Son barred from parent’s home

A Cork man who lunged at his own father despite the presence of gardaí was given a jail sentence yesterday suspended on condition that he would stay away from his parent’s home unless by their expressed invitation.

Paul Hosford, aged 25, who had been living with a friend at Bridevalley Park in Fairhill, Cork, when he turned up at his parents’ house at The Steeples on Lower Mayfield Road, Cork, in contravention of a safety order. He faced sentencing for that breach yesterday at Cork District Court.

Judge John King imposed a total sentence of four months on Hosford, but suspended it on condition that the accused man would stay away from his parents’ home unless invited to the family home by both parents.