Man left in fear after being robbed of €5, cigarettes, and his phone

The victim of a city centre robbery was left frightened by the attack which happened as he walked to his city home shortly before midnight and two of those involved were jailed yesterday.

Judge Gerard O’Brien said at Cork Circuit Criminal Court: “He has that fear that other people must feel when they are attacked, others are contacted by phone to join in and he becomes the victim of a three-pronged attack.”

Garda Danielle Porter arrested Barry Hurley, aged 56, of St Vincent’s hostel, Anglesea Terrace, Cork, and Kenneth McInerney, aged 22, of no fixed address in Cork, and charged them assault causing harm to the man at St Augustine Street on November 21, 2016, and robbing him of €5 in cash, cigarettes, and his phone.