Cork man jailed for daytime stabbing in city centre park

The "potentially very dangerous man" robbed a bottle of vodka from his victim and later caused €450 of damage outside a restaurant.

Detective Garda Brian Barron said at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that at lunchtime on June 23 the accused was at Bishop Lucey Park where he robbed a man of a bottle of vodka.

A potentially very dangerous man was jailed for two years following a lunchtime robbery of a bottle of vodka from a man in a park who was stabbed in the leg.

As well as the latest attack, Jason O’Callaghan, 38, had five previous convictions for assault causing harm, two for assault and one count of hijacking a car.