'I still don’t fully recognise myself': Man was hit 250 times during assault in Cork city

A young man was kicked more than 50 times in the face as well as being punched more than 50 times in the face and body by a student who used the victim’s phone to record some of the attack.

“The total number of blows, strikes, stamps or kicks totalled 250,” Emmet Boyle, prosecuting, said of a 20-minute period of CCTV of the incident.

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