Defamation case over rocking horse denied

A woman and her mother claimed they were defamed at a shop when they bought a rocking horse for a child.

Patricia Condron, of 5, Dunmanus Park, Knocknaheeny, Cork, testified at Cork Circuit Court that she went to House and Home in Blackpool shopping centre in Cork on September 20, 2013, to buy a Rocking Bee — a type of small rocking horse designed for use by an infant She said she paid €20 for it. Her mother was parked outside the shop.

Bridget Condron said she then came into the shop and got the Rocking Bee from her daughter, who was going to buy something else. She said the woman in the shop came from behind Bridget Condron and said: “You took the Bee from the shop.”