Cork pensioner tells assault trial he saw face of 'pure evil'

The judge sentenced the accused to three years with the last year suspended.

Warren Cross admitted that at Maldren, Ringmahon Cross, Blackrock, Cork, he damaged the front door of 75-year-old Michael O’Keefe’s house, carried out an assault causing harm to Michael O’Keefe on the same date and had a knife on the occasion. File image

A 75-year-old man said it was not until this late stage in his life that he had seen the face of “pure evil” at his own front door.

Warren Cross, aged 47, of Gleann Aras View, Grenagh, Co Cork, was jailed for two years today at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for his violent actions.