Pensioner driving woman from Cork to Bandon left with brain haemorrhage after assault by man

A 75-year-old man drove from Cork to Bandon to bring a young woman to the city but a man got into the car with her and assaulted the pensioner from behind in the course of the journey.

Stephen Barry, who is aged around 30 and from Ballincollig in Cork city but now living with the Simon Community, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to the man on July 19, 2015, in the Bandon area.