Cork man jailed for slashing victim across the face over drug debt

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin jailed Daniel O’Brien for 18 months at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File image

A young man repaying a small drug debt to a man who sat into his car beside him was suddenly slashed across the face just under his eye with an unidentified sharp object.

Garda Barry Lawton said the injured party and his attacker Daniel O’Brien of 70 Bracken Court, Donnybrook, Douglas, first made contact through Facebook Messenger and later met in person in a car park.