Jail for Corkman who claimed he was in IRA and hit victim with poker in parking row

Gavin Craven pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of assault causing harm to the man at his front door. File photo

A minor exchange in relation to the parking of a car prompted a man to call a house in Cork City announcing himself as being from the IRA and attacking the householder with a poker.

Detective Superintendent Michael Comyns gave evidence at the sentencing hearing for 46-year-old Gavin Craven of 34 Glenfield Avenue, Ballyvolane, Cork.