Man accused of dragging wheelchair user to ground during robbery

Det. Garda Healy said members of the public passing Gravel Lane, near the Mercy University Hospital shortly before 4 p.m. on Monday, assisted the victim who was dragged from his wheelchair. Picture: Denis Minihane.

A book of evidence is to be prepared in the investigation of a case where a wheelchair-bound man was dragged to the ground, robbed and left injured outside Mercy University Hospital in the middle of the afternoon.

The accused man, Connie Foley, appeared by video link from prison at Cork District Court yesterday.