Man denies fracturing friend’s cheekbone

A West Cork man who denied fracturing his best friend’s cheekbone with a punch to the face on a night out in Union Hall sent a text saying: “Hey lad, sorry about last night. I don’t know what happened. I’ll pay your hospital bill. Sorry.”

That was the evidence yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal in the trial of Ian Jennings, 24, of Skahana, Union Hall, Co Cork, who denied assault causing harm to Adam Harris on Main St, Union Hall, on January 23, 2016.

Adam Harris testified that he and Jennings were best friends for five or six years and had gone on holidays together a few times.