Volunteer hit on head with glass bottle

A Castletownbere man who volunteered in a community tidy-up was strolling back to his car when he was struck from behind with a glass cider bottle.

Jaanus Poldme, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to the unprovoked attack on Kieran Murphy, aged 30, on April 2 at The Square, Castletownbere, Co Cork.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin wondered why the Director of Public Prosecutions had not decided on a charge of assault causing serious harm rather than the lesser charge of assault causing harm.