Soccer fan avoids jail over Man United jersey row

A row over a child wearing a Manchester United jersey saw a man getting struck on the face with a hurley and yesterday the culprit was given an 18-month suspended sentence.

Yannick Wolfe of 33, Annalee Grove, Mayfield, Cork, appeared for sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed the suspended term.

The judge suspended it on the basis that the accused would gather a further €1,000 compensation for the victim by December 1 this year.