Cork man cleared of hitting woman as he rummaged through her bedroom

Judge directs jury to find accused not guilty of burglary and assault charges

A middle-aged woman woke to find a young man going through her bedroom and he punched her in the head and also used a metal travel mug on her bedside locker to give her further blows to the head.

However, the accused man, Edmond O’Sullivan, 28, was cleared on charges of burglary and assault causing harm to the householder when Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin directed the jury to find him not guilty on both charges by direction of the trial judge.