'I don’t want him to go to jail' - Cork assault victim pleas on behalf of attacker

The Cork man assaulted his old friend three times in one night

The judge ordered that the accused hand over €700 compensation to the injured party before fining him €500 and imposing six-month suspended sentences on him.

A Cork man who assaulted an old friend three times in one night was told by the sentencing judge that he only had the victim to thank for the fact that he was not going to jail yesterday.

Judge Olann Kelleher said that not alone was the injured party assaulted three times but he ended up losing his job because of his injuries. The judge said he would be very upset if that happened to him.