€4,500 compensation for bottle attack that needed 104 stitches

A man who was left with a neck wound requiring 104 stitches when he was struck with a bottle was paid €4,500 compensation by the accused and sentencing was adjourned for a year.

Connie O’Callaghan of Ummera, Macroom, Co Cork, previously pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of assault causing harm to Mark Holland on December 28, 2014. Judge Gerard O’Brien, after hearing a submission from Alan O’Dwyer, defending, said: “I appreciate he was intoxicated but that is not an excuse.

“It has serious consequences for the injured party. The only reason Mr O’Callaghan is not getting a custodial sentence now is because of the absence of previous convictions.”