Paralysedman was attacked as he slept in camper

A victim impact statement read out in court on behalf of Patrick Doyle recounted how Roelof Roberts, of Tiger Moon, Kinsale Marina, Pier Road, in Kinsale, began shaking Mr Doyle’s camper van and then reached in and put his hands around Mr Doyle’s neck.
Bandon District Court heard that Mr Doyle, who is paralysed from the chest down, was struck a number of times, before he started the camper van and accelerate away. As he drove, he could hear his assailant laughing.