Man jailed for 'violently' pushing elderly Cork man to ground 'in a fit of temper'

Of John Long, the judge said: "He allows his frustrations to boil over. This was something that happened suddenly on the street when he assaulted this man.”

A 75-year-old man was pushed violently to the ground in an unprovoked attack in Cork city centre and today a homeless man with 12 previous assault convictions was jailed for it.

John Long, 31, of Cork Simon Community denied a single charge of assault causing harm on July 13, 2017 but after a trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court the jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict against him.