Corkman offers €3k for dental bill of robbery victim

The court heard the accused lay in wait for a victim walking past a garage and struck him with a hiking stick

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that that  Colin Costello was intoxicated on the night and had substance abuse issues. File photo: Dan Linehan

A man who lay in wait for a victim walking past a garage late at night and he struck him with a hiking stick has come up with €3,000 towards his dental bill.

Colin Costello had been remanded in custody for the past week pending sentence for his part in the random attack on a passing stranger.