Man jailed after gun fired over boy’s head before horrific sexual attack

An East Cork man fired a gun over the head of a 12-year-old boy who was subjected to a horrific sexual assault and today the culprit was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

David Stanton, aged 64, of 5 Church Road, Ballinacurra, Co Cork, smiled at Cork Circuit Criminal Court as the sentence was imposed on him by Judge Brian O’Callaghan.