Murderer confesses to glass bottle attack on stranger on Christmas Day

Injured party was caught by the arm and, without warning, struck across the face with a glass bottle in Cork city centre

Drawbridge St in Cork city centre where the injured party was attacked. File picture: Jim Coughlan.

A convicted murderer has confessed to carrying out an attack with a glass bottle on a complete stranger in Cork City on Christmas Day.

Detective Garda Lorna Healy said the injured party was walking home through the city centre on Christmas Day 2018 when he was attacked by a man who struck him across the face with a glass bottle.