Student missed Leaving Cert orals after assault left him unable to talk properly

'Old fashioned box' at chipper left victim with a bloodied face and two split lips

A promising teenage soccer player has told a court that he couldn’t sit his Leaving Cert orals in school last year as he was unable to talk properly after being the victim of a late night chipper assault.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, Callan Scully told the court in a victim impact statement that he spent weeks at home after the assault “just to hide my face for fear of people asking me questions”.