Wheelchair user tells Cork court attack 'did more damage to me' than leg amputation

The judge told the court: “This was inhuman, bordering on depravity."

Connie Foley (pictured) first approached the wheelchair user to ask for a can of beer, then money and his phone, and the injured party refused and tried to protect himself but was dragged to the ground. File photo: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

The wheelchair user who was dragged to the ground during a robbery outside Mercy University Hospital found the attack more devastating than having his legs amputated.

The accused man, Connie Foley, was jailed for five years at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for robbery and assault causing harm to 50-year-old John O’Leary.