Man told ‘he would be put in a body bag’

A man who suffered a serious eye injury was threatened that he would be put in a body bag and his dog would be killed if he testified about assault, it was claimed during a trial.

Thomas Hussain Healy, aged 45, of 8 Liam Lynch Park, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, was yesterday found not guilty of assault causing serious harm to Seamus O’Driscoll, 50, at Stag Park Avenue, Mitchelstown, on March 27, 2015.

John O’Driscoll, aged 57, of the bungalow, Carrigane, Mitchelstown, who denied making a death threat to Seamus O’Driscoll if he gave evidence in court, was found not guilty of that charge.