Former boxing club member jailed for three unprovoked attacks on young boys in Cork

In one attack, the accused took a 15-year-old boy's hurley and hit him in the face with it, dislodging a tooth.

Judge Brian O’Callaghan imposed a total sentence of three years, with the last two years suspended on condition that Brian Desmond would keep the peace for three years following his release from prison and pay €500 compensation to each of the assault victims and to the car owner. File photo

Three boys on their way home from training and playing in the Ballincollig area were attacked by a stranger – one of them had his hurley taken and was slapped in the face with it, a court in Cork heard yesterday.

This boy was only 15 years old as was another victim and the third boy was just 12.