Man damaged pub’s TV and headbutted shop owner

An appeal court judge said he went close to increasing a 19-month jail term on a man whose crimes included throwing a pint glass at a bar woman, missing her but causing €1,200 damage to a TV screen in the pub.

Judge Brian O’Callaghan said at Cork Circuit Appeals Court that he had to be mindful of the deterrent effect of sentencing as he affirmed the orders of the district court and said: “I am very close to increasing the sentence.”

William Condon, of Youghal, Co Cork, and no fixed address was described by his solicitor, Pat Horan, as having a bad anger management problem, which he was trying to address.