Corkman fails to overturn conviction for criminal damage on ex-wife's beauty salon

The judge refused to remove the fine as the man "put up a combination of smokescreen, rigmarole and ramesh".

Kenneth McCarthy appealed against the conviction he received at Cork District Court and the penalty of €750 fine and four-month suspended sentence.

A beauty salon had its database of appointments, customer information and other matters ‘wiped’ by the ex-husband of one of the owners and he has failed in his appeal against a conviction for causing criminal damage.

Kenneth McCarthy of 13 Iona Hall, Wilton, Cork, appealed against the conviction he received at Cork District Court and the penalty of €750 fine and four-month suspended sentence.