Cork man jailed for 'vicious and unprovoked' assault on man on crutches

A Ballineen man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years today for an assault where the victim had his jaw broken in an attack by two men on Christmas Eve 2016 in Clonakilty.

Eighteen months of the sentence imposed on Brian O’Donovan of Main Street, Ballineen, County Cork, was by way of the revocation of a suspension on an older sentence for a previous assault causing harm conviction. One year was added by way of a consecutive sentence on him on the Christmas assault.