Man sentenced to five years for assault

A Chinese national who was in Cork to learn English was seriously assaulted by two men who knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the head during a protracted assault and today one of the culprits was jailed for five years.

Ross Stapleton, aged 20, of no fixed address pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing harm to Ji Zhang at Grattan Hill, Cork, on February 13 2002.