Two years jail for Cork boxer for assaults and thefts

A talented boxer who used his skills to attack young men he encountered on the street and rob them, was jailed yesterday.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin told the culprit he should stop boxing as he was using it to assault people on the street in unprovoked attacks.

Eugene Brady, aged 21, of 31 Shannon Lawn, Mayfield, Cork, was sentenced to four years yesterday with the last two years of the sentence suspended on condition that he would keep the peace for two years following his release from jail.