Drugs are no excuse: Judge jails man for 14 years after horror attack on woman, 79, in Cork

A fourteen-year jail term was imposed today on a young man who robbed a 79-year-old woman causing her horrific life-changing injuries.

Judge Brian O’Callaghan imposed an 11-year sentence on Jonathan Duggan, 29, for the robbery, consecutive to three years for stealing another woman’s handbag. He did not suspend any portion of the sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.