Teen slapped, caught around neck, and smoke blown in face by mother’s boyfriend

A teenager was slapped, caught around the neck, and had cigarette smoke blown in his face by his mother’s boyfriend after they returned from the pub.

That was the scenario described by Inspector Ronan Kennelly at Cork District Court yesterday.

Tyrone man Kevin John Devine, aged 39, who previously living at Eagle Valley, Sarsfield Rd, Cork, returned to Cork yesterday from Tyrone to plead guilty to the charge of assaulting the teenager.