Cloyne woman fails to appear for sentencing over poker attack

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin was told that Sheila O’Keeffe suffered a serious assault last week and was unable to attend court yesterday.

The judge issued a warrant for her arrest and said he would put the case back to Friday, January 15. File photo

A Cloyne woman facing sentence for assaulting a neighbour failed to appear in court as she was the victim of a recent assault herself but the sentencing judge issued a warrant for her arrest.

Sheila O’Keeffe, 36, of Spittal Street, Cloyne, County Cork, was to face sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on a charge of assault causing harm to Henry O’Callaghan by striking him with a poker on October 14, 2018.