Kitchen banter leads to fine for chef who punched colleague a dozen times

The Defence solicitor said a comment about his client's fiancée "was close to the edge"

Judge Olann Kelleher convicted and fined him €750 for the assault.

A Spanish chef engaged in kitchen banter took offence at a Polish colleague’s comment about his fiancée and punched him 10 to 15 times in the head.

27-year-old Klaudjo Alushaj of St Lucia Place, Passage West, was never in trouble of any kind before this incident, but now at Cork District Court he has pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to Michal Zabinski on July 15, 2020.