Judge directs jury to acquit man accused of stabbing in Midleton

William Condon pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing harm on March 18, 2019, at a house at Orchard Avenue, Castleredmond, Midleton, County Cork, to Aaron Sheehan by striking him with a knife and a separate charge of producing a knife in the course of this alleged incident.

A young man who went drinking with his friend at a house in Midleton offered to shake hands with him after a dispute about the playing of music in the early hours but the other man stabbed him in the arm with a long knife, it was alleged at a trial.

It was the central allegation in a case that went to trial by judge and jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.