Man found guilty of assault against ex Ireland international

A jury took only 17 minutes this afternoon to return a unanimous guilty verdict in the case against a middle-aged man who denied a charge of assault causing serious harm to Miah Dennehy - the former Republic of Ireland soccer player.

David Naughton (aged 54) from Avonmore Park, Mayfield, Cork city, pleaded not guilty to a charge assault causing serious harm to Miah Dennehy (aged 58) outside the Fob and Gill pub in Mayfield on August 17, 2007.