Accused admits violent robbery of wheelchair-bound man outside Cork hospital

Connie Foley had denied robbing a wheelchair-bound man by dragging him and leaving him injured outside Mercy University Hospital. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

 The man who had denied robbing a wheelchair-bound man by dragging him and leaving him injured outside Mercy University Hospital has confessed to the violent crime.

The accused man, Connie Foley, appeared by video link from prison at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he was arraigned on two charges arising out of the crime.